tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post7793061560858543592..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Minnesota passes Wisconsin for jobs. No righties, this isn't workingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-81421637787324837562018-05-28T14:48:09.187-05:002018-05-28T14:48:09.187-05:00Capital city regions tend to have performed better...Capital city regions tend to have performed better in recent years which could help explain some of the poor performance of Milwaukee but the stat this week that personally stood out to me the most was GDP figures released that showed from a year ago, MN and IA were up 9% compared to WI up only 3% although ND was up over 32% which was highest in the nation and SD did around 18%. I was surprised at WI placing low on GDP growth with the big push in manufacturing in the state. There was an article on WPR a while back with Walker saying losses in manufacturing lack of applicants causing the losses and being the unemployment rate has been running lower in WI tells me the state is running out of workers most likely because of lower paying jobs, and not because of lack of opportunies in most areas. It's tough to retain a workforce if multiple surrounding states have higher wages. The loss of tax reciprocity on the MN border might be simply causing people to move all together. MN pays the difference if a resident crosses the border. The biggest problem between the States though in my view is that MN is more affordable for people that aren't rich.IL and WI is a better deal for rich people due to lower income taxes on high incomes. Your workforce is mainly made of low and middle class workers and there are far more of them, so it makes sense the population and workers would be disappearing in WI and even IL and ending up in MN.Jake Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609331924008419458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-76109646172350377572018-05-26T07:50:10.363-05:002018-05-26T07:50:10.363-05:00Well, the Kochs' ultimate endgame is to have u...Well, the Kochs' ultimate endgame is to have us all be indentured servants to a few corporations, so the helplessness and low expectations that you describe is part of that plan. Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-50499485610207772012018-05-25T20:13:29.254-05:002018-05-25T20:13:29.254-05:00Minnespta's Gov didn't base his career on ...Minnespta's Gov didn't base his career on trashing his state's two largest cities. I noticed that the metro area population of the Twin Cities is a much higher percentage of the MN population than Milwaukee Metro is for Wisconsin. Roughly 65% to 25%<br /><br />Might have something to do with the relative support for those cities.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427829158996224733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-65235972356681140762018-05-24T19:14:18.912-05:002018-05-24T19:14:18.912-05:00Just maybe this explains why Wisconsinites can be ...Just maybe this explains why Wisconsinites can be bought with a tax-cut equal to a two dollar dog. Our wages are so low any help toward another 12 pack is nirvana.geo_noreply@blogger.com