Mary Burke's Jobs Plan

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Here's a link to Mary's Jobs Plan ...

http://dnwssx4l7gl7s.cloudfront.net/maryburke/default/page/file/e4cda6ba910107c26b_qim6vg9gv.pdf

Here's a link to a short video Mary did about it, and a form for providing feedback.

http://burkeforwisconsin.com/jobs/


Here's the feedback I gave her ...

Mary,

There's some good stuff in your jobs plan. Certainly pursuits like reducing costs for higher education, lifting the ban on life sciences research and helping small farmers would be good for Wisconsin.

But what your plan lacks is any hint of the type of progressivism that gets Democrats elected - folks like Russ Feingold and Tammy Baldwin. In fact, on the surface your plan sounds like it came from the RNC. One glance at the Table of Contents and the take-aways are ...

Strategy 1 - Cozy up to corporations (Worst possible message, let alone first)
Strategy 2 - Raise the minimum wage and reinstate equal pay (Excellent!)
Strategy 3 - Give more of our tax dollars to corporations (Yikes!)
Strategy 4 - Find more ways to help corporations (Oh, dear!)
Strategy 5 - More corporate largesse (Bad) plus infrastrucure investment (Good)

Bottom line: Exactly the wrong message needed to motivate Wisconsin's Democratic base.

While I agree that it makes sense for State government to work with business, your jobs plan reads like it was written by ALEC.

You need to assure voters that your plan is to invest in Wisconsin, not corporations that might do some business here. Highlight the infrastructure investments and education goals. Assure voters that you can be business-friendly without turning the government over to corporations.

Now, please, please consider challenging the Koch brothers to a debate. Polls show that when voters know the Kochs are behind attack ads, those ad's favorability ratings plummet. Worst that can happen is you'll get some good publicity.

Good luck, and thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback.

I would appreciate any constructive criticism you can provide Mary.

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1. You Know?

Mary Burke's Job plan is better than Scott Walker's!

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2. Yes, it is. But that doesn't mean she can beat him with it.

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3. I agree

Scuba, I agree that running on more liberal policies would be good, but taking guns away is not one of them. I would Mary Burke not to be afraid to address Section 8 housing needs, and real health care needs. I would like to see her running on creating transparent and efficient government. The state government now is all Paper Work, Paper Work, Paper Work with nobody to answer the phone!

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4. Agreed "taking guns away" is a loser, but no one at any level is trying to do that. Background ....

... checks enjoy strong support though, although I wouldn't want Mary to make that any campaign hallmark or anything.

Honest, transparent government is a winner. I'm not sure about your "paper work/phone" comments. Certainly dissing State workers won't win Mary any support; those folks have been too beat up these last three years already.

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5. Not the Workers

The paper work is because of Republican Policies and the lack of phone receptionists is Republican Policies.