The last sentence states that if you live in Wisconsin but work out of state it still counts as being employed in Wisconsin. How does that make sense? The company that employs you doesn’t pay anything to Wisconsin, the state in which you physically work has a right to tax you and then you have to pay Wisconsin taxes also. For those of whom the idea of taxation is anathema, this is loony tunes. Walker is a republican­, but since he is not creating jobs in his own state, he is willing to direct people to out of state jobs, sneaking in jobs that he didn’t create through his policies as Governor and having people pay taxes in two states. I can say this because my husband has a business in MA but works half of the time in NY, and he pays NY state and local taxes and MA state and local taxes, you go to where the work is but it does cost you. So I would say to Governor, yeah thanks for the favor, can you speed up facilitati­ng job creation in Wisconsin? If his plan to lower corporate taxes and crush unions was so brilliant why is he steering workers out of state? Just asking.
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