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.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 20 2017, @09:18PM (1 child)
Campaigns are not single-issue, I don't believe the option on the ballot was "let's just give corporations money". Maybe voters were afraid of the gayification that a Democratic administration would bring, so they voted GOP.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 21 2017, @07:26AM
Exactly. Just because people voted for someone in a two party system that encourages voting for who you see as the lesser evil does not mean they agree with all of their policies. General mandates do not exist and I am tired of seeing people pretend otherwise.