The Wisconsin Institute for Leadership (WIL), called for an economic stimulus plan today. How shocking that the corporate lobbyist mouthpiece completely ignored the needs of working families in it! Their policy proposals are nothing more than a big biz wish list that completely locks out the average Wisconsinite. If WIL wasn’t such a shill for these powerful interests, wouldn’t they have at least mentioned the critical role that the average family plays in our economy and account for it? Wouldn’t any legitimate economic stimulus package include help for struggling working people that are barely getting by?

Apparently WIL still hasn’t learned the lessons of the last eight years that ignoring the economic needs of the average person only sets us all up for long-term failure. WIL isn’t offering a serious proposal here, but they are giving us a prime example of what corporate lobbyists do best: look out for their own narrow interests while ignoring the needs of everyone else.