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Businesses Offers WI Jobs 2010 Agenda for Reform
MADISON — A new statewide poll found that Wisconsin voters are overwhelmingly concerned about jobs, taxes and government spending, WMC announced Tuesday as business leaders gathered for Business Day in Madison.
In Wisconsin, the issue agenda is dominated by two issues: jobs and the economy (38%), and taxes and government spending (31%), according to the poll conducted last week by Public Opinion Strategies for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.
“Clearly, the public is looking for reform for job creation and tax relief, and that’s why we’re proposing the Wisconsin Jobs 2010 agenda,” said James Buchen, WMC vice president of government relations. On Tuesday, nearly 1,000 business leaders will gather at Monona Terrace Convention Center for Business Day in Madison.
The survey of 400 voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.
WMC’s board of directors, and other business leaders, are urging the Legislature and Governor to embrace the Wisconsin Jobs 2010 Agenda to create jobs and improve Wisconsin’s business climate.
The Wisconsin Jobs 2010 Agenda calls for common sense reforms such as limiting government spending, balancing the budget with generally accepted accounting principles, repealing the tax hikes passed in 2009, streamlining regulations, conforming Wisconsin and federal regulations, and lawsuit reform.
“We need to make Wisconsin the most competitive state in the nation,” Buchen said. “The Wisconsin Jobs 2010 agenda is a good start and will lead to job creation.”
The poll also found that 60 percent of voters said the state is off on the wrong track. “We can bring Wisconsin back,” Buchen said. “It will take everyone working together, but we can do it.”
