WisDems: Rebecca Kleefisch helps wealthy corporations over Wisconsin’s small businesses

MADISON, Wis. –  Rebecca Kleefisch has a fraught historical past with Wisconsin’s financial system — throughout her time in workplace, time and again the Walker-Kleefisch administration stuffed the pockets of the rich and large firms, though small companies are the spine Wisconsin’s financial system.

The administration gave away $366 million in cuts to multi-state firms and $436 million in capital positive aspects aid for the rich. Rebecca Kleefisch as soon as even informed a gaggle of rich enterprise executives, “We need to know the way we are able to love you extra.”

In fact, the notorious Foxconn scandal will all the time be a stain on Kleefisch’s document. The Walker-Kleefisch administration agreed to present Foxconn $3 billion in state tax {dollars}, which might have been the most important authorities handout to a overseas firm in American historical past. Not solely was Foxconn a enterprise failure for Wisconsin, it represents $20 billion in misplaced financial progress for the state.

Governor Evers, in the meantime, has been known as essentially the most professional small enterprise governor within the nation. His Important Road Bounceback program is aiming to revitalize Important Streets throughout the state and has already helped over 4,200 companies open or develop. Since Gov. Evers took workplace, companies have benefitted from almost half a billion {dollars} in tax cuts and over 300,000 properties and small companies are being related to excessive pace web.

“Republican politicians solely care about supporting an financial system that works for the rich. Rebecca Kleefisch is a main instance of this,” mentioned Democratic Occasion of Wisconsin Speedy Response Director Hannah Menchhoff. “Governor Evers has prioritized and can proceed to put money into small companies that make Wisconsin’s financial system robust.”