The Joint Committee on Finance today will consider an incentives package for paper products manufacturer Kimberly-Clark. In response, MacIver Institute President Brett Healy issued the following statement. Read More MacIver Institute Reminds Wisconsin Why Kimberly-Clark Bailout Is a Bad Idea
Perspective by Chris Rochester – Foes of President Donald Trump and Gov. Scott Walker have suddenly noticed that Obamacare is a disaster for middle-class Americans who don’t get federal subsidies. And they’ve abandoned their usual answer to the problem, now bemoaning the very corporate welfare that Obamacare can’t live without. Read More Amid Obamacare Death Spiral, Liberals Suddenly Appreciate Corporate Welfare
Team MacIver turns the mics over to interns Jake and Abby, who tell us about what they saw at CPAC in D.C. and interview Heritage Foundation tax expert Romina Boccia. The team also talks literally all things liberty in Wisconsin, from tax cuts to civil asset forfeiture, minimum markup repeal, regulations (less of them), an unfortunate new corporate bailout, tort reform, and more. And of course, the crucial Janus v. AFSCME case and a new union lawsuit against Act 10…when will it end? Read More The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week – All Things Liberty (And The Interns Talk CPAC)
Although it is well-intentioned, the Republican bill to give paper company Kimberly-Clark the same tax credit package as offered to electronics manufacturer Foxconn is simply bad economics and sets a troubling, if not unsustainable, precedent for economic development. Read More The Kimberly-Clark Bailout is a Bad Idea
Guest Perspective by James Wigderson – City of Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly is making his first foray since taking office into commenting on national politics. Unfortunately it is a misguided attempt to badger Wisconsin’s congressional delegation into supporting reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Read More Export-Import Bank Offers No More than Corporate Welfare