Walker defends Foxconn incentive package, touts state’s turnaround
Wednesday, Aug 9, 2017
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The boost in income tax revenues Wisconsin would see from Foxconn and the indirect jobs the project could create would not exceed the state’s $3 billion investment in the Taiwanese company until at least 2042-43, according to new state projections.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dems are demanding Republicans slow down deliberations on the Foxconn bill after a new Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis found the state’s break-even point, at best, would be fiscal
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys, who left the Assembly after losing a bid for Congress in 2012, is actively exploring a bid for guv, according to multiple Dem sources. Roys, an attorney and the CEO
State should proceed with caution on promise of 13,000 jobs.
There will still be skeptics, but lawmakers on hand Thursday heard how Wisconsin assembled a team approach to bring the Foxconn opportunity to this point. It’s a team that appears poised to finish the job.
The Foxconn deal is “transformational.” It’s a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” And if you don’t like it, you can “go suck lemons,” the governor says. I’ll pass on the lemons. But I would like an independent analysis to chew on.
While the media were preoccupied with the fate of the Affordable Care Act, important news about Social Security, Medicare, and an impending federal debt crisis went unreported.
School choice backers donated generously to Walker, but he’s vacillated on the issue.
New York Times leaves out some of the story. Where’s that liberal media bias?
Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo warns the more people on BadgerCare, the fewer providers will accept it because reimbursement rates from the government are so low. That means decreased access to health care for the state’s most vulnerable populations.
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The boost in income tax revenues Wisconsin would see from Foxconn and the indirect jobs the project could create would not exceed the state’s $3 billion investment in the Taiwanese company until at least 2042-43, according to new state projections. At best, the state’s break-even point would be fiscal year
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Dems are demanding Republicans slow down deliberations on the Foxconn bill after a new Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis found the state’s break-even point, at best, would be fiscal year 2042-43. That’s if the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer creates 13,000
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Kelda Roys, who left the Assembly after losing a bid for Congress in 2012, is actively exploring a bid for guv, according to multiple Dem sources. Roys, an attorney and the CEO and founder of Open Homes Realty, has not returned calls
State should proceed with caution on promise of 13,000 jobs.
There will still be skeptics, but lawmakers on hand Thursday heard how Wisconsin assembled a team approach to bring the Foxconn opportunity to this point. It’s a team that appears poised to finish the job.
The Foxconn deal is “transformational.” It’s a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” And if you don’t like it, you can “go suck lemons,” the governor says. I’ll pass on the lemons. But I would like an independent analysis to chew on.
While the media were preoccupied with the fate of the Affordable Care Act, important news about Social Security, Medicare, and an impending federal debt crisis went unreported.
School choice backers donated generously to Walker, but he’s vacillated on the issue.
New York Times leaves out some of the story. Where’s that liberal media bias?
Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo warns the more people on BadgerCare, the fewer providers will accept it because reimbursement rates from the government are so low. That means decreased access to health care for the state’s most vulnerable populations.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** With the health care industry facing big changes, track developments here and in DC through the new Health Care Report from WisPolitics.com and WisBusiness.com. If you haven’t signed up, now is the time. As a WisPolitics.com or WisBusiness.com subscriber, you can get it free. Click