
Jon Erpenbach: Looking at the Foxconn deal with a Wisconsin perspective
We cannot let the relentless pursuit of jobs take away what makes Wisconsin our home. We can do better.
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We cannot let the relentless pursuit of jobs take away what makes Wisconsin our home. We can do better.

Other companies will demand the same breaks and already GOP legislators are using this legislation as an excuse to repeal these environmental protections statewide.

Sinclair Broadcasting would become dominant player in state’s key media markets.

So here we go again, dusting off the Cold War playbook. To paraphrase those Cold War balladeers, Peter, Paul and Mary, when will we ever learn?

The problems vary widely from place to place. But they all grow from the same taproot, a poisoned political culture that glorifies greed, dooming us to a government that works for a wealthy and well-connected few at everyone else’s expense and an economy that benefits a privileged few and leaves so many behind.
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GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, Tuesday implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has said for

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Some of the Assembly Dems many considered most likely to support the $3 billion Foxconn incentive bill aren’t publicly taking a position ahead of tomorrow’s vote. “I still
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, today implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after

Is this a good investment for Wisconsin? Will it help the working population of the state? In both cases, we see a number of downside risks that need to be dealt with upfront if we want a positive outcome from this investment.

Once you actually dig into the actual numbers, this looks like the biggest swindle in Wisconsin history.

Let’s see those Democrats vote against Foxconn. To do so would be, dare we say it, political suicide.

We cannot let the relentless pursuit of jobs take away what makes Wisconsin our home. We can do better.

Other companies will demand the same breaks and already GOP legislators are using this legislation as an excuse to repeal these environmental protections statewide.

Sinclair Broadcasting would become dominant player in state’s key media markets.

So here we go again, dusting off the Cold War playbook. To paraphrase those Cold War balladeers, Peter, Paul and Mary, when will we ever learn?

The problems vary widely from place to place. But they all grow from the same taproot, a poisoned political culture that glorifies greed, dooming us to a government that works for a wealthy and well-connected few at everyone else’s expense and an economy that benefits a privileged few and leaves so many behind.
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GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, Tuesday implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has said for several weeks the budget was the Senate’s priority, though he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Some of the Assembly Dems many considered most likely to support the $3 billion Foxconn incentive bill aren’t publicly taking a position ahead of tomorrow’s vote. “I still have concerns over the environmental protections, hiring Wisconsin workers and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP Sen. Leah Vukmir, a member of the Finance Committee and the Senate assistant majority leader, today implored the chamber to vote on the Foxconn bill “without delay.” Vukmir’s call comes after Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has said for several weeks

Is this a good investment for Wisconsin? Will it help the working population of the state? In both cases, we see a number of downside risks that need to be dealt with upfront if we want a positive outcome from this investment.

Once you actually dig into the actual numbers, this looks like the biggest swindle in Wisconsin history.

Let’s see those Democrats vote against Foxconn. To do so would be, dare we say it, political suicide.