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Related: About this forumSnotty's "New Businesses Created" list, a revealing look
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....The problem for Walker, though, is that the most recent QCEW's numbers show that he has only created 4,024 new businesses since he took office and that he isn't on pace to hit his pledge of 10,000 new businesses by the end of 2014.
Instead of admitting his shortcoming, Walker searched high and low for a different measuring stick. He discovered that the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (WDFI) keeps track of something called "business entities" created and... voila! ...found that as of August of this year, over ELEVEN THOUSAND new "business entities" had been created since he took office! Cue the victory lap!
The problem with the WDFI numbers is that a great deal of the business entities it counts are not, in fact, the "new businesses" that Walker had in mind when he made his pledge. Many are out-of-state corporations that have to file papers in Wisconsin, but have no real physical presence in the state, many are multiple filings for one business, and over 35,000 of the "businesses" Walker is using in his formula are something called "non-stock corporations" which are business-sounding but are actually Little League Teams, Girl Scout Troops, Lions Clubs, and other community organizations or non-profits....
....in Walker's list of new businesses, he is counting 241 organizations with "club" in the title, 102 with "friends," 75 condo associations, 458 associations (mostly real estate), 360 foundations, 211 churches and over 200 with football, baseball or some other sport in the name.
Instead of admitting his shortcoming, Walker searched high and low for a different measuring stick. He discovered that the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (WDFI) keeps track of something called "business entities" created and... voila! ...found that as of August of this year, over ELEVEN THOUSAND new "business entities" had been created since he took office! Cue the victory lap!
The problem with the WDFI numbers is that a great deal of the business entities it counts are not, in fact, the "new businesses" that Walker had in mind when he made his pledge. Many are out-of-state corporations that have to file papers in Wisconsin, but have no real physical presence in the state, many are multiple filings for one business, and over 35,000 of the "businesses" Walker is using in his formula are something called "non-stock corporations" which are business-sounding but are actually Little League Teams, Girl Scout Troops, Lions Clubs, and other community organizations or non-profits....
....in Walker's list of new businesses, he is counting 241 organizations with "club" in the title, 102 with "friends," 75 condo associations, 458 associations (mostly real estate), 360 foundations, 211 churches and over 200 with football, baseball or some other sport in the name.
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Snotty's "New Businesses Created" list, a revealing look (Original Post)
mojowork_n
Nov 2013
OP
Why so harsh on weasels? A bed bug - maybe, though bed bugs are a lot more compelling than Scott.
marble falls
Nov 2013
#4
unionthug777
(740 posts)1. why does this not surprise me??!!
mojowork_n
(2,354 posts)2. He's definitely a weasel, not a badger
In fact, I've heard rumors the Slippery Weasel Society may be thinking of having him barred from membership, for life.
They're fed up. He gives weasels a bad name.
unionthug777
(740 posts)3. i concur.
i suppose i shouldn't insult worms that way either. they are much more useful than he is !!!
marble falls
(57,106 posts)4. Why so harsh on weasels? A bed bug - maybe, though bed bugs are a lot more compelling than Scott.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)5. Love the title for the blog
article. Wish the MSJ would pick up on it. te he
Desperate Walker Claims Little League Teams and Girl Scout Troops as "New Businesses"
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)6. starting a new business is not always a good sign--in my case it is because i am old and nobody will
hire me so i had to hang out my own shingle
i know a number of folks in may age group that have done the same