Healy Discusses Latest on Kimberly-Clark Bailout on the Steve Scaffidi Show

By Chris Rochester - September 13, 2018

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MacIver President Brett Healy joins Steve Scaffidi on WTMJ radio in Milwaukee to discuss the latest developments in the push to use a Foxconn-like package of tax incentives to stop paper manufacturer Kimberly-Clark from closing its Wisconsin plants. Read More Healy Discusses Latest on Kimberly-Clark Bailout on the Steve Scaffidi Show

MacIver News Minute: Kimberly-Clark Employees Blast Corporate Welfare

By Chris Rochester - September 4, 2018

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Not all employees at Kimberly-Clark’s Wisconsin plants are excited about a proposal to bail out the struggling paper manufacturer. One company insider blasted the $117 million tax incentives plan as “legalized extortion” to prop up a profitable operation and make every company employee in the state a “welfare recipient.” Read More MacIver News Minute: Kimberly-Clark Employees Blast Corporate Welfare

“Legalized Extortion” – Kimberly-Clark Company Insider Opposes Bailout

By Chris Rochester - August 30, 2018

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MacIver’s Matt Kittle joins Vicki McKenna and surprise guest Senator Ron Johnson to discuss the proposed Kimberly-Clark bailout. Some of the company’s employees oppose the proposal, including one company insider who compared the bailout to “legalized extortion” and said taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for propping up the profitable paper product manufacturing plants. Read More “Legalized Extortion” – Kimberly-Clark Company Insider Opposes Bailout

Kimberly-Clark Employees Remind Us Why Bailout Is A Bad Idea

By Chris Rochester - August 30, 2018

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A MacIver News Service article highlights a Kimberly-Clark corporate insider who says the company’s Neenah Cold Spring facility is profitable and that the proposed incentives are “legalized extortion.” As a follow-up to the story, MacIver Institute President Brett Healy issued the following statement… Read More Kimberly-Clark Employees Remind Us Why Bailout Is A Bad Idea

Kimberly-Clark Bailout Like ‘Legalized Extortion,’ Company Insider Says

By Matt Kittle - August 30, 2018

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By M.D. Kittle – While there has been a big political push to pass a $100 million bailout to keep two Kimberly-Clark plants open, the proposed deal has its critics from inside the northeast Wisconsin factories. Read More Kimberly-Clark Bailout Like ‘Legalized Extortion,’ Company Insider Says