tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post6953246496864430877..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Is Wisconsin going to get Fox-Conned?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-43937059314620331072017-07-12T20:38:37.424-05:002017-07-12T20:38:37.424-05:00Good catch on the LFB papers and the limits (see f...Good catch on the LFB papers and the limits (see folks, it pays to be nerdy!). Right now it looks like a certain amount of the awards has to be in rural areas, but that can always be changed. <br /><br />So watch for your 999 measures. That would totally be the way to try to sneak through changes like this to gear it toward Foxconn.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-34202597160871295442017-07-12T08:36:10.397-05:002017-07-12T08:36:10.397-05:00It's not as if Racine County or the City of Ra...It's not as if Racine County or the City of Racine are awash in cash, either. Does anyone know if Cory Mason is involved in these discussions? Just curious, since he aims to be mayor of Racine. <br /><br />LFB has a discussion paper on enterprise zone tax credits, offering as one alternative a limit on the dollar amount of credits available per year. This one might be out the window now ...JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075256737290432403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-14365196576990807302017-07-12T06:43:07.161-05:002017-07-12T06:43:07.161-05:00Great find! None dare call it extortion.
We ne...Great find! None dare call it extortion. <br /><br /> We need to see the (taxpayer-supplied) price tag, and what services we have to cut to make up for this.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-29413891593510334422017-07-12T06:41:12.035-05:002017-07-12T06:41:12.035-05:00Ooh, very good point. Yet another subsidy, and if ...Ooh, very good point. Yet another subsidy, and if it is all machines, then we may be talking very few jobs but a helluva lot of subsidiesJake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-86762031196385074952017-07-12T06:21:37.884-05:002017-07-12T06:21:37.884-05:00Foxconn looks to be leaving Brazil:
http://www.zd...Foxconn looks to be leaving Brazil:<br /><br />http://www.zdnet.com/article/foxconn-set-to-discontinue-brazil-manufacturing-operations/<br /><br />"back in 2011, the company had pledged to invest $12bn in the country and create 100,000 local jobs within six years.<br /><br />However, the promises soon proved hard to keep: the company wanted the Brazilian government to come up with 30 percent of the cash, as well as a private investor - both failed to materialize."<br /><br />It looks like it will really cost us to get their factory.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152773998591751737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-18474812953069974722017-07-11T23:37:48.020-05:002017-07-11T23:37:48.020-05:00And, this "$10 billion dollar investment"...And, this "$10 billion dollar investment" will most certainly include $5 billion+ of M&E since FoxConn automates as much as possible. Hmm, wonder why there is a quiet backroom push to eliminate the personal property tax?bombadil3765https://www.blogger.com/profile/11760711737016617920noreply@blogger.com