
Bruce Thompson: Foxconn, Wisconsin’s manufacturing future?
Deal will cost $500 for every person in the state.
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Deal will cost $500 for every person in the state.

Caution is in order, as the Taiwan-based electronics giant is one of the world’s most brutal employers, notorious for driving workers to suicide.

As policymakers hammer out a historic deal for Wisconsin’s economy that will require unprecedented taxpayer funds to secure Foxconn’s proposed $10 billion dollar facility, they should reject the same-old, tired business model that exploits workers and disregards environmental standards.

Before the euphoria over this unfinished deal overtakes us, there are some factors we should consider.

Using our economic development dollars to support employee ownership has the potential to create and preserve millions of good jobs.

Alleged study asserts but never begins to prove $2 billion in waste.

The more delays, the higher the cost and the more annoyances.

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With legislative leaders at odds over whether to do the Foxconn bill or the budget first, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday he is confident he can persuade them to take up both at the same time. Still, Walker deflected a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … –The Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy today will hold a public hearing on the special session bill to give Foxconn up to $3 billion in incentives for
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With legislative leaders at odds over whether to do the Foxconn bill or the budget first, Gov. Scott Walker said today he is confident he can persuade them to take up both

Deal will cost $500 for every person in the state.

Caution is in order, as the Taiwan-based electronics giant is one of the world’s most brutal employers, notorious for driving workers to suicide.

As policymakers hammer out a historic deal for Wisconsin’s economy that will require unprecedented taxpayer funds to secure Foxconn’s proposed $10 billion dollar facility, they should reject the same-old, tired business model that exploits workers and disregards environmental standards.

Before the euphoria over this unfinished deal overtakes us, there are some factors we should consider.

Using our economic development dollars to support employee ownership has the potential to create and preserve millions of good jobs.

Alleged study asserts but never begins to prove $2 billion in waste.

The more delays, the higher the cost and the more annoyances.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after President Donald Trump’s recent speech to the Boy Scouts’ national jamboree.
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With legislative leaders at odds over whether to do the Foxconn bill or the budget first, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday he is confident he can persuade them to take up both at the same time. Still, Walker deflected a question of whether he would revise his last offer to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … –The Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy today will hold a public hearing on the special session bill to give Foxconn up to $3 billion in incentives for building a plant in southeastern Wisconsin that would employ thousands.
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about what Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is up to in Washington. Sign up for our mailing list here to receive our newsletter directly. NOTE: There will be no D.C. Wrap until both chambers are back from the congressional August recess, which lasts until the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With legislative leaders at odds over whether to do the Foxconn bill or the budget first, Gov. Scott Walker said today he is confident he can persuade them to take up both at the same time. Still, Walker deflected a question of