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A new presidential administration is promising major overhaul to immigration, tax, and energy policy. Scott Manley joined WTMJ on Wednesday to discuss the impact of these changes on the business community in Wisconsin.
President-elect Trump proposed a 15% corporate tax rate for manufacturers in order to make U.S. manufacturing globally competitive. Wisconsin particularly would be impacted by this policy shift, allowing more investment into the state’s top industry.
Johnson asked Manley about immigration policy, noting that Wisconsin manufacturers depend on immigrant labor. Work visa reform would help in agricultural, manufacturing, and other sectors. The current system, Manley argues, is broken because it allows people to work illegally, get trained, and then.
“We’ve become the workforce training center for our competitors,” Manley said. “If we want to bring highly skilled people to work and invest the money in training them, we need to figure out a way to keep them here if they’re being productive members of our society.”
WMC, which represents hundreds of manufacturers across the state, advocates for an “all of the above” approach to energy. Affordable and reliable domestic energy is a chief concern of employers, according to Manley.
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