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IT SEEMS TO ME: Legislation would limit choices, raise costs
February 22, 2022
A January editorial in the Leader-Telegram misses the mark on the issue of white bagging. Additionally, the scenario the paper laid out is contradictory to

It’s Time to Tap Into America’s Manufacturing Advantage
February 5, 2021
China quietly dethroned the U.S. as the world’s top manufacturing nation in 2010. That should make Americans nervous, especially after 2020 when we realized that

State of the State Needs to Focus on Workforce, Health Care Costs
January 20, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers will deliver his second State of the State address this coming Wednesday, and it would be a missed opportunity if he did

Fish: Biased question and bad policy on the fall ballot
July 19, 2018
View the full article from The Kenosha News here. Your taxpayer dollars are hard at work right now pushing a series of biased referenda questions

Wisconsin Business Voice Exclusive: It’s Time for an America First Tax Overhaul
October 10, 2017
By Tony Sayegh U.S. Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs America’s tax system has not been overhauled in 31 years, and it is placing

Wisconsin Makes the Coolest Things
August 29, 2017
By Robert “Bob” Kamphuis Chairman – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Chairman, President & CEO – Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. I wager that if you stopped

Municipalities Ignore Lead Issue While Scamming $100 Million from Ratepayers
April 20, 2017
By Lucas Vebber Everyone agrees that abating lead pipe water lines is an important health issue. But what is the most equitable way to pay

WMC President/CEO: Wisconsin Should Target Illinois Workers
April 17, 2017
MADISON – The Land of Lincoln could be Wisconsin’s “land of opportunity,” according to the CEO of Wisconsin’s largest business group. In a column published

Time For Lower Income Tax Has Arrived
February 1, 2017
By Jason Culotta WMC Director of Tax & Transportation Policy The top rate of Wisconsin’s personal income tax is ninth highest among the states. Given

Time to Double Down on Bold Reforms
January 26, 2017
By Scott Manley WMC Senior Vice President of Government Relations The results from the election this year were as historic as they were stunning. Very