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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAll is not golden with Foxconn deal in WI. But hey, it's jobs.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article163472358.html3 Billion in incentives. Taxpayers pay again.
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All is not golden with Foxconn deal in WI. But hey, it's jobs. (Original Post)
nikibatts
Jul 2017
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WI taxpayers have been conned by Gov Walker and Repugs lots of times and will be conned
riversedge
Jul 2017
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Watch what happens and see if WI is just another con job by the Don. This is from 2012.
nikibatts
Jul 2017
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riversedge
(70,204 posts)1. WI taxpayers have been conned by Gov Walker and Repugs lots of times and will be conned
again I fear--esp. with Trump involved.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)2. "Foxconn has replaced at least 40,000 of its workers in China with robots"
Don't count on working there for long
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)3. Watch what happens and see if WI is just another con job by the Don. This is from 2012.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)4. And initially just 3000 jobs
So that's $1 Million per job. Eventually they say there may be up to 13K, but even that would be $250K per job. Pretty pricey.