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Nevilledog

(50,671 posts)
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:13 PM Feb 2022

'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson opposes more jobs



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'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work

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Sen. Ron Johnson said he will not persuade Oshkosh Corp to place over 1,000 new manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin.
11:32 AM · Feb 6, 2022


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Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.

"It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin. The biggest problem we have in Wisconsin right now is employers not being able to find enough workers," Johnson said about Oshkosh Corp.'s plans to locate the jobs in South Carolina.

Johnson, who is seeking a third term this fall, said he supports having more manufacturing jobs in the state but indicated the company is best suited to make the call on where to build vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service.

"I wouldn't insert myself to demand that anything be manufactured here using federal funds in Wisconsin," Johnson told reporters after appearing at a "Parent Empowerment Rally" in Washington County. "Obviously, I'm supportive of it. But in the end, I think when using federal tax dollars, you want to spend those in the most efficient way and if it's more efficient, more effective to spend those in other states, I don't have a real problem with that."

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'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson opposes more jobs (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP
Does he have a Russian flag lapel pin? LakeArenal Feb 2022 #1
Yeah, competition for labor runs counter to basic KPN Feb 2022 #2
Yeah spend our tax money on border walls and election recounts Walleye Feb 2022 #3
Employers not being able to find enough workers to work cheap is what he is saying. Emile Feb 2022 #4
RoJo bragging about the Biden economy with high employment. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #5
RoJo's opponents should have a field day with that comment Poiuyt Feb 2022 #6
As much as it pains me, he's kinda right NickB79 Feb 2022 #7
"Realistically, we need immigrants." Pantagruel Feb 2022 #8
Exactly. And it's biting us in the ass NickB79 Feb 2022 #9
Bigger picture Pantagruel Feb 2022 #10
Looking to avoid another Foxconn disaster? Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #11

Walleye

(30,704 posts)
3. Yeah spend our tax money on border walls and election recounts
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:46 PM
Feb 2022

How does somebody get elected with this platform? Does he think this will help employers grab some more people at slave wages?

Emile

(21,892 posts)
4. Employers not being able to find enough workers to work cheap is what he is saying.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:53 PM
Feb 2022

Offering 1,000 new high paying jobs will make it even harder to find cheap labor!

keithbvadu2

(36,362 posts)
5. RoJo bragging about the Biden economy with high employment.
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 06:14 PM
Feb 2022

RoJo bragging about the Biden economy with high employment.

NickB79

(19,111 posts)
7. As much as it pains me, he's kinda right
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 08:10 PM
Feb 2022

We have a serious worker shortage (I'm just across the border in Minnesota).

Every factory is struggling to find workers, even ones paying $28/hr like mine. We just keep poaching workers from each other, offering sign up bonuses.

Realistically, we need immigrants. There's no other way to fix our labor shortage.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
8. "Realistically, we need immigrants."
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 08:57 PM
Feb 2022

GOP just spent SIX YEARS demonizing immigrants, doubt they change their tune now.

NickB79

(19,111 posts)
9. Exactly. And it's biting us in the ass
Sun Feb 6, 2022, 10:16 PM
Feb 2022

I've spent the past YEAR pointing this out to every Trump-supporting coworker who bitches about all the OT we have to put in to cover all the empty shifts.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
10. Bigger picture
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 02:12 PM
Feb 2022

VP of Nat. Restaurant Assoc. said recently we need at least 650,000 workers just in that slice of the economy.

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