That's simply not true . It has since merged with James River and created Fort James. Corporations continue to use tax breaks to fund wealthy top executives at the expense of average wage earners and our schools. Corporate welfare Tommy Thompson says Wisconsin has ended welfare as we knew it. I say that's true only if you're talking about families in poverty.
Corporate welfare is alive and well.
Revenue caps and the QEO were created with a very simplistic and inaccurate view of school funding, teachers salaries, and taxation. We are challenging aspects of the QEO's implementation and we are challenging revenue caps on the basis that they lock into place the gross inequities in school spending across the state. We've won some hard-fought battles during this last round of negotiating, with more to come. Third, public relations. As we finish this round of bargaining for the 1997-99 contracts, we must not forget the struggle and become complacent.