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The lawmakers in Wisconsin voted in favor of an incentives package worth up to $3B for Foxconn. The total value of the package depends on the number of jobs that Foxconn creates in the state, so, effectively, the state is paying about $500,000 for each new job.
Most of the incentive is in the form of cash payments from the state to Foxconn, not just tax waivers. The cost to the residents of the state is about $1,200 per household.
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Vote to Provide up to $3B in Subsidies to Foxconn.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by jasassin on Sunday August 20 2017, @06:09AM (5 children)
I hope they don't forget to allocate a few thousand dollars on the suicide nets.
Fuck you Foxcon.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 20 2017, @08:59AM (3 children)
Your aggression against foxcon is utterly misplaced. This is entirely the choice of government. The government who will send "state police" (goons) to "confiscate" (steal) your property if you fail to pay their "taxes" (protection money). Not foxcon.
If you wish to rally against the culprits, you must hold the politicians accountable.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 20 2017, @09:25AM (1 child)
"The politicians made me do it!"
What a sad excuse for an excuse...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 20 2017, @09:31AM
No "The politicians did it"
Why are you trying to deflect the blame from those responsible?
Foxcon could ask for a handout, but only government has the power to grant it.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 20 2017, @09:24PM
> The government who will send "state police" (goons) to "confiscate" (steal) your property if you fail to pay their "taxes" (protection money).
If you dislike paying taxes so much, so by extension oppose things like roads, sewage, and electricity, you should go live in a forest. Then you will have your FREEEEEDOM!
Just be careful that it's not a forest that government maintains, since that also comes out of taxes. Maybe a desert would be a better choice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 20 2017, @03:43PM
Don't assume they "forgot" the suicide nets.