WEDC should inflict harsher punishments

Company should be fined correlating to number of Wisconsin jobs sent elsewhere...

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation needs to take larger steps to punish companies that have outsourced jobs while receiving thousands of dollars in tax cuts — tax cuts meant to keep jobs in the state.

While outsourcing can be appealing to large corporations looking to increase profits, it’s not hard to see how the creation of jobs in other countries rather than here at home does not benefit Wisconsin’s employment rate.....

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Ken Notes: Good thought but I wonder if the staff at Badger Herald would be OK with Wisconsin invoking fines on UW scholarship students who leave the state after graduation. Hmmmmmm...