As I See It
If Foxconn’s plans change, so should deal with the state
We have talked a lot about Foxconn and its ever changing plans in Wisconsin. Today, another kick at the cat. What began as the largest subsidy package for a foreign company by any state ever seemingly remains in limbo. First, we were told that the plant would make flat screens for big tv’s and employ 13,000 people. Then Foxconn said it wouldn’t build anything at the Southeast Wisconsin plant it is building, but rather would serve as a research and technology hub. Then, after a chat with the President, company leaders did an about-face and declared it would in fact be building things when it opens its plant. Of course, the devil is in the details, and details appear to be in very short supply. What is becoming increasingly clear is that no one, apparently including Foxconn, knows just what is going to happen with this facility. We don’t know what they are going to build, if anything. We don’t know how big the plant will be, or when it will open. We don’t know how many people the plant will employ. Despite all these uncertainties, Wisconsin taxpayers remain on the hook for possibly billions of dollars in corporate subsidies. Wisconsin taxpayers deserve to know just what we are getting for our money. Those who crafted this corporate giveaway should insist on a sit-down with Foxconn leaders. They should demand to know the company’s plans, and be willing to change the state’s commitment if their plans have changed. Wisconsin taxpayers deserve transparency, and right now there is very little of that.
Punkrockr
February 5, 2019 at 5:44 pm
Oh, good heavens, no-us meager peasant citizens need not know these things, definitely. Why, if secret deals are set up by our vaunted, republican-led representatives that are pleasing to them and somehow help to advance their objectives (which, let’s face it, has been more and longer unfettered power at the expense of honest transparency, under the republican regime of the last decade or so), then who are we to arrogantly demand to know what is being done with our money. Simply put: Keep on votin’ republican, people…then you won’t even have to worry about troubling your little minds w/these trivial details…hell, knowledge of what they’re really up to won’t even be an option. Just how the GOP likes it. Unless you have a net worth in the upper 7-figures/low 8-figures, I got news for ya: U DONT MATTER. At all. But don’t let that stop you-keep voting these worthless grifting scum into power, your family’s own best interests be damned!! I mean, so what if they act to hurt you at every opportunity, it’s ok, so long as they keep making life harder for anybody who happens to be brown, right?? Ever hear that old adage about spiting your face??