The issue is that none of these companies want to pay a living wage or provide health insurance. The joke is that if they would have supported a national health insurance model- it would significantly improve their ability to hire good people because they would already have insurance. Walker has been talking about increasing jobs, but most that he has announced are not hiring Wisconsinites. The few that are are hiring at minimum wage- which we all pay for as they don't have health care nor the wages to pay for it. Businesses want us to work for $10.00 and be happy about it.

They like to call Walker "Hitler" and I just point out the FACT that their tactics and dogma are a much better reflection of Hitler that the Boy Scout Scott Walker.

Read about his tactics-Fear, obstruction, threats, mobs & chaos. Then absolute power. You are supposed to be educated remember?

Again.
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Wrong-"April 10, 1932, the people voted. They gave Hitler 13,418,547 or 36%, and Hindenburg 19,359,983 or 53%"
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Hitler then forced his way into power by grinding the German gov. to a halt using tactics similar to what the unions are doing... just one step further.
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He resembles you and your unions much more than Walker.
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The big lie is that these Government unions are good for the state and democracy.

"Hitler then forced his way into power by grinding the German gov. to a halt using tactics similar to what the unions are doing... just one step further."------------------- There's something about Walker/Hitler's "no negotiation - no compromise" charm that just brings out the best in people.

Yeah, but Walker doesn't have that funny Charlie Chaplin mustache.
A Snidley Whiplash would probably suit him better, but that would give his hand away.

Chuckfull, Sound like anyone we know?

The source of Big Lie technique is this passage, taken from Chapter 10 of James Murphy's translation of Mein Kampf:

But it remained for the Jews, with their unqualified capacity for falsehood, and their fighting comrades, the Marxists, to impute responsibility for the downfall precisely to the man who alone had shown a superhuman will and energy in his effort to prevent the catastrophe which he had foreseen and to save the nation from that hour of complete overthrow and shame. By placing responsibility for the loss of the world war on the shoulders of Ludendorff they took away the weapon of moral right from the only adversary dangerous enough to be likely to succeed in bringing the betrayers of the Fatherland to Justice.
All this was inspired by the principle--which is quite true within itself--that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.

—Adolf Hitler , Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X[1]

Wrong-"On a dark, rainy Sunday, April 10, 1932, the people voted. They gave Hitler 13,418,547 or 36%, an increase of two million, and Hindenburg 19,359,983 or 53%, an increase of under a million."
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Hitler then forced his way into power by grinding the German gov. to a halt using tactics similar to what the unions are doing... just one step further.
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He resembles you much more than Walker.

nemisis - he won the election and people should get over it? Is that what you would have said in Germany in the late 1930s? Adolf Hitler was also elected.

But, if you destroy all of the good jobs that could be an alternative for employees,
everyone will have to settle for just existing with the bare minimum.

In the general world of supply and demand when you are in need of something and you cannot find it then you need to reflect upon your formula. Why can I not find qualified people during an "unemployment crisis" to fill the positions I have open?
1. The positions advertised do not pay enough to cover the costs of getting to and from work, childcare and associated expenses to make it a real money making job.
2. Everyone is too lazy to actually take a job being offered. (Not likely)
3 People are not really ACTIVLY putting their boots on the street and ACTIVLY seeking a real job. And spending all of their energy blaming everyone else on the planet for the fact they are unemployed.
On the other hand:
Just because you want to pay someone $8.00 per hour does not mean people can actually live on that wage in reality after the cost of transporting themselves, buying tools and paying for childcare.
If you have perpetual employee turnover and cannot find employees then you should really look at your compensation packages and discover why employees are not staying or accepting your offers. Many people will take any job just to have one but they will not stay if your business model does not allow them to earn a living wage. Business models based solely on the owner(s) making good money and the employees simply exist to profit the owner are generally just not a viable business and will eventually fail. A well planned and managed business should be able to sustain the owners as well as the employees in a profitable environment where everyone involved has the best interest of the company and the clients in mind. That is best done by satisfied employees who want to make the business succeed and don’t just feel like a computer, pickup truck or some other corporate asset.

ddr - Are you drunk posting?

I also have seen no posting that R&R is hiring? So if unemployed run there this week and put in an application. There is housing boom need more cement basement poured.
but no dont want to have to pay for insurnace for their employees, is that what they also want. No benefits people. Look at the gazette help wanted ads there are so many jobs out there (not).
As for Sarah Palin who really wants a bimbo for president really. The neo conservatives would walk all over her.

The sooner it is over, the better.

No really - is R&R Concrete hiring? Someone call them tomorrow and then post back on this. Thanks.

So was this a story about the business leaders and the difficulty they have in hiring and employing people - or is it about some local yocals who hate Scott Walker and republicans? Remember - Scott Walker won the election; get over it.

If you can't find people to work in this job environment, something is definitely wrong with the employer.
Why would Walker or Kleefeltch have anything to do with that?
Did she want them to pass a law requiring people to work for R&R?

I lol at the companies that say they can't find workers right now. I know folks that have applied nearly everywhere you can think of, including construction and concrete and never received one call back or any interest even after pursuing employers with follow up contacts. Maybe that's changed in the last month. The only serious job offers I received were a thousand miles away. I'd love to leave, but I can't so I started my own business.
I don't hold out much hope for any kind of S. Wisconsin renaissance in the near or distant future. I hope I'm wrong as my future income depends on others making cash they deem as "disposable", but local economy is tied to the national with deep strings...so, who knows.

Walker and Keefisch, AKA Dumb and Dumber!

R&R Concrete is hiring? When and where was that advertised? I know several people who would love to work there.

dez40 IDI0T, repeat, your posts are hard to read and comprehend. Did you fail english?

I am LOL at the unhinged right-wing fascists who hate organized labor and the left. Why so frightened? If it bothers you so much, it's obvious the left's a threat, and strikes a nerve, huh? Calm down: )

Elizabeth Olson of R&R Concrete and Excavating said she couldn’t find people willing to work.

“Everyone wants the glory jobs. Nobody wants to do construction,” she said. “A lot of people just don’t think it’s important to have a good, hard day’s work.”

Interesting quote. We have a high unemployment, but plenty of jobs available if you want to work hard. Too many people have been used to getting paid for doing very little work, or sitting around and collecting unemployment. Why would they want to go and work hard if they can collect from the government? I'm sorry, but if you have no skills or training, your job choices are quite limited. The days of getting great pay for having only a high school diploma are over.

It is very cold at the poles.
The only thing frightening about Sarah is the remote possibility that she might once again hold an office.
People do not like her because she says incredibly stupid and obnoxious things, not because they are frightened of her.
She is offensive.
You probably did not notice.

Wow, such hatred coming from the left!!! Thank you Governor Walker for understanding how to balance a check book. That's exactly WHY you were voted into office, and will be again! Please don't forget the silent majority in Wi. We're all out here. So for now,all lefties still at the kool aid bar, take note...we're not going anywhere except back to the poles to keep the Republicans in power, and get Wi. back on it's feet.

Lastly,I am LOL at the unhinged lefties who hate Sarah Palin. Why so frightened? If it bothers you so much, it's obvious she's a threat, and strikes a nerve, huh? Calm down: )

“What we need to do right now is help pull the private sector up by its bootstraps,” Queefisch said.
Isn't the expression pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps?
It kind of loses it's meaning when you enlist help.

What more can I say... you've all made such great points. The group in office right now don't have a clue, but have the b*lls to just make noise without knowing what they're talking about. If they're so "talented" in running businesses, why aren't they doing so rather than running for office? Oh, wait... is it more lucrative to be in office? "Why is that?"

she is just another walker puppet, just a pr person for big business. as far there no people to do constuction work, what a crock. check out the track record of r and r concrete. everyone is wise to them!

Ah, Ms. Kleefisch, our self-described "insurgent" lieutenant governor. I wonder if she knows what that means? (She called herself that in at least two separate interviews when asked to describe herself in 2 or 3 words)

Insurgent:
1.
: a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government;
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: one who acts contrary to the policies and decisions of one's own political party

I thought there was such a shortage of jobs and high unemployment in this area. “Everyone wants the glory jobs. Nobody wants to do construction,” she said. “A lot of people just don’t think it’s important to have a good, hard day’s work.” From the article, to me it sounds as if there are jobs people just don't want them. I am confused now which is it. Oh wait I think I am figuring it out, there are no good jobs here. Perfect just what walker wants to create. He wants businesses here and workers rights slashed so they don't have to pay the workers a decent wage. Then we will kill education so people are stuck in these crappy jobs making money for the CEO's and barely scrapping by on ends meat. Sounds like a plan.

If the business leaders had a clue as to how to do this wouldn't they have done it already?

Face it, Rock County has long been a home primarily to the manufacturing industry. We've seen manufacturing abandon Rock County significantly and with no significan't influx of jobs from other industries economic improvement in Rock County is not going to happen. Government and business can no longer continue to operate in the same manner. It doesn't work any more. Dramatic and drastic changes need to be made to draw new and exciting businesses into the county and throughout the state.