tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post2254805702344827907..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: UW Extension: Fitzwalkerstan failing at producing real job creatorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-89037782841764299352016-01-08T22:24:51.551-06:002016-01-08T22:24:51.551-06:00I've quoted that Lisa Johnson line many a time...I've quoted that Lisa Johnson line many a time, and it's as true now as when she said it 2 years ago. Not coincidentally, she left WEDC to join a start-up organization in Madison, because she had to have seen just how wrong the Walker and WEDC strategy was.<br /><br /> But they don't care if they create jobs, as long as they get paid. And that's what has to pointed out again and again. These corporatists aren't about jobs or economic growth, they're about PROFITS AND POWER. That's not a strategy that makes for long-term prosperity for anyone other than a small, connected few.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-44824970453086357952016-01-08T18:01:34.339-06:002016-01-08T18:01:34.339-06:00Great post that goes a long way in showing the gam...Great post that goes a long way in showing the game that Walker/WisGOP/WEDC have been playing these past 4 years. Former WEDC VP of entrepreneurship and innovation Lisa Johnson infamously blurted “We suck. We’re bad. Do we keep talking about it or do we take action?” when describing their failed record at business startups. All the benefits WEDC divies out go the well-connected and established companies. How can Dan Ariens be chair of WEDC and WMC at the same time without ethical and legal questions being raised?! Is it any wonder why the Walker administration has become so obsessed with secrecy and keeping no records of their actions?! This is state taxpayer money being used for political payoff.<br /><br />They have known all along that the real job creation comes from helping new businesses succeed, yet WEDC rewards the established to "retain" jobs. To me, that kind of relationship sounds like economic blackmail, where both parties are guilty. <br /> <br />250,000 new jobs is a promise that will surely bring you votes, but they have never done the things that would make 250,000 new jobs.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com