Saturday, August 08, 2009

This Is So Wrong

From the Triangle Business Journal.
"Friday, August 7, 2009, 2:49pm CDT
$3.4 million grant to assist 1,200 laid-off workers
The Business Journal of Milwaukee

The state of Wisconsin announced Friday that $3.4 million in additional assistance will be made available for more than 1,200 workers who were laid off from their jobs at 11 companies."
 $3.4 million grant to assist 1,200 laid-off workers - Triangle Business Journal:

Only 3.4 million, just peanuts.
The National Emergency Grant includes more than $1.6 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Oh, I see it was from the Stimulus bill.
“This grant will help these displaced workers improve their skills,” Gov. Jim Doyle said. “With new skills, they will be job-ready in the months ahead as our national economy begins to recover.”

So someone is going to get the $3.4 million to train workers?
The funds will assist workers who lost their jobs as a result of mass layoffs at: J.L. French, Sheboygan; Genmar Yacht Group, Pulaski; Koenig and Vits, Manitowoc; Marinette Marine, Marinette; Kohler Co., Sheboygan; Pentair Filtration, Sheboygan; Manitowoc Co., Manitowoc; Federal Mogul, Manitowoc; Karl Schmidt Unisia, Marinette; KCS International, Oconto; and Winsert, Marinette.

So the people that lost their jobs at these companies will get a part of the $3.4 million?
The National Emergency Grant program provides funding to states when significant events create a sudden need for assistance.

My mistake, so the money goes to the state. Then the money go to who or what?
Services are being coordinated by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and provided through the Bay Area Workforce Development Board.
Oh, I see
"James M. Golembeski, Executive Director
Betty Gregory-Paasch, Program Operations Manager
Debbie LaViolette-Spevacek, Controller
Debbie Kelly, Program Assistant
Bonnie Rosner, Administrative Assistant
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from Bay Area Workforce Development Board will do the training. Can someone tell me how much of the $3.4 million Bay Area Workforce Development will get? Will they answer that question? Will the MSM ask that question? Will I be accused of being incenative to people who suck off the govornment nipple? If some groups think they are doing their jobs to help people, why don't they work for FREE? Why not volonteer their time and services? Somebody is getting rich here but who realy is? Where is the MSM?

Someone has got to train these people to get jobs. I'm sorry, how many people from the New Page Mills in Niagara and Kimberly are working today at or above the wages they made before their layoffs? Can someone from Bay Area Workforce Development give me that answer? Will nwever happen.

Let's do the math, eleven companies with 1200 layoffs.

That's 1200 laid off workers divided by $3.4 million dollars,

That's over $2833.00 per employee. Wait a minute, the article says the money goes to train the employees. Who'd getting $3.4 million dollars? 

I thought the stimulus was going to create jobs?

I only see consultants filling their pockets with stimulus money and 1200 people are without jobs.

Will any of the workers at:
J.L. French, Sheboygan; Genmar Yacht Group, Pulaski; Koenig and Vits, Manitowoc; Marinette Marine, Marinette; Kohler Co., Sheboygan; Pentair Filtration, Sheboygan; Manitowoc Co., Manitowoc; Federal Mogul, Manitowoc; Karl Schmidt Unisia, Marinette; KCS International, Oconto; and Winsert, Marinette. find jobs through govorment waste?

Why not give each worker $2833 and skip the job training. Workforce Development doesn't create jobs, employers create jobs. Wasteful government spending only lines the pockets of people who the money was not intended for. Twelve hundred people are getting screwed and someone else is lining their pockets! Will someone pass the word to these 1200 people and tell them they should get their cut of $3.4 million dollars! Or maybe the money should go to businesses to expand their business to hire back workers. Or maybe reduce taxes, give people more money and get the economy moving again. Oh, that wouldn't work?

This is so WRONG!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Probably safe to say that most of the $3.4M will go directly to the pockets of the 43 Bay Area Workforce Development Board members.