Yesterday Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker announced placed an open letter to President Barack Obama in the Racine Journal Times. The letter urged the President to reverse his administration's policies that would kill 300 Wisconsin jobs. Based on President Obama's policies, the Export-Import bank denied a loan to an Indian company to buy $600 million of mining equipment from Bucyrus, a company based in South Milwaukee.
This morning, Obama's Export-Import bank
reversed course.
Walker issued a blistering release focusing on the larger issue at stake.
“While we’re pleased the Export-Import Bank is reconsidering their decision to deny loan guarantees to Bucyrus, it’s not enough for President Obama, Governor Doyle, and Mayor Barrett to sweep their consistent support of radical environmental job killing policies under the rug in time for their joint photo op today in Racine,” said Walker.
“As governor I won’t just find ways to sweep in at the last hour to protect Wisconsin jobs when a media firestorm breaks loose – I’ll work to improve the business climate for everybody, all the time, and will halt global warming policies supported by Gov. Doyle and Mayor Barrett that have the potential to kill not only the 300 jobs at Bucyrus, but the projected 43,000 jobs across Wisconsin.”
Walker's open letter to Obama
Dear President Obama
On behalf of the people of Wisconsin, I respectfully ask you to reverse the environmental policies enacted by your administration that are directly killing jobs in our state.
Right now, 300 Wisconsin jobs at Bucyrus International are in jeopardy because of radical environmental policies created by your administration. Today, you have the power to help.
Last week, your Export/Import Bank denied loan guarantees for a coal-fired power plant that was to be built with coal mining equipment from Bucyrus, headquartered in South Milwaukee. The Bank cited your administration's environmental directives as the cause of the denial of the loan guarantees. Because of the Export/Import Bank’s decision, 300 Wisconsin jobs and hundreds more jobs in neighboring states will be lost.
Mr. President, the ingenuity, work ethic, and determination of Wisconsin workers is what has made us world leaders in the manufacturing of everything from motorcycles to mining equipment. Wisconsin stands ready to compete, however, we can only do this if government leaders in Washington and Madison are willing to give us the opportunity.
We have already lost 163,000 jobs in the past year. Our state government was on the verge of passing similar global warming policies that could have resulted in an additional 43,000 jobs being lost. This plan, supported by Governor Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, failed to pass in Madison during this past legislative session because of the impact on our state’s economy.
Mr. President, being green should not be about taking green out of our pockets. The 300 good paying jobs at Bucyrus are the first of many jobs in Wisconsin that could be in peril because of your policies.
Anytime the President of the United States visits it shines a national spotlight on Wisconsin and all we have to offer, and we welcome you to our state and are eager to hear your plans to get our state working again. Today, you have the opportunity today to help 300 people in Wisconsin keep their jobs. We hope you will.
Recent 
Do our leaders in Washington and Madison actually believe everybody can work for the government? The notion seems bizarre, but how else do you explain the reaction of President Obama and Governor Doyle to the continued loss of private sector jobs?