Competitive Wisconsin unveils economic development plan


Competitive Wisconsin, Inc. (CWI) today announced a new plan for economic development designed to grow Wisconsin’s economy by $22 billion and generate $1.32 billion in new tax revenue without a tax increase. 
 

“CWI believes it is time for a comprehensive economic development plan that will create a competitive economic climate favorable to high-paying jobs and higher per capita income.  We must recruit and develop high wage earners and make strategic investments of taxpayer resources to grow our economy and create jobs,” said Tom O’Neill, president of CWI and senior vice president, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. 

 

Competitive Wisconsin spent the past 18 months reviewing research conducted by top professors from the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, and a multi-state survey conducted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association to formulate the recommendations in the Competitive Mandate. 

 

In addition, CWI developed the education recommendations based on the advice of key members of academia.  Finally, CWI studied the successful tenets of Minnesota’s major economic expansion since the 1980s. See release at  http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=110758