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WMC Watch Press Releases
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WMC’s ‘Astounding’ $6.6 Billion Budget Deficit Solution: Tax Cuts for the Rich - 6/25/2009
Madison -- Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) has launched a newspaper ad campaign which argues the solution to the state's $6.6 billion budget deficit is tax cuts for the rich -- the same economic plan enacted by George W. Bush and Congressional Republicans, which caused the nationwide economic crisis that plunged 47 states into deficit.
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State Banks Nab Over $2.4 Billion in Taxpayer TARP Funds While Fighting Against Paying Their Taxes - 2/10/2009
Madison – As Wisconsin banks have taken over $2.4 billion in taxpayer-financed Troubled Asset Relief Program bailout funds, two of the state’s largest banking lobby associations have joined with Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce to fight efforts to close the $75 million-a-year ‘Las Vegas Loophole,’ which helps companies dodge Wisconsin taxes by opening up a post office box in a state without corporate income tax.
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OWN Files Ethics Complaint Against WMC Over Failure to Disclose Lobbying Activity - 9/30/2008
Milwaukee – One Wisconsin Now has filed a complaint with the state’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) against Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and its seven-member lobbying team for failure to report lobbying activities.
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IOW Release: Over 10,000 Emails Sent to WMC Board Companies - 8/25/2008
Milwaukee – An effort by the Institute for One Wisconsin asking concerned citizens to email the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce’s board members and their companies using the Institute’s webtools has generated over 10,000 communications in just over a week, including an urgent call by a WMC senior staffer, who used the Institute’s email device to implore WMC’s members to not back down from financing its fall issue ad campaign.
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