Thursday, January 18, 2018

UPDATE. Here comes that specious Foxconn-Boeing comparison again




Commentary: Foxconn is beneficial to Wisconsin.  (Racine Journal Times, 1/17/2018)

What did they learn?

That big corporation do whatever the fuck they want.

Related reading:
Boeing is cutting 1,800 Seattle-area factory, engineering jobs.  (Bloomberg, 3/2/2017)
Boeing plans to shift hundreds of jobs to Arizona.  (Seattle Times, 6/14/2017)
Boeing, flying high, stays course on job cuts.  (Wall Street Journal, 7/22/2017)
Boeing, reversing tide of cuts, rushes to bring back retirees as temps.  (Seattle Times, 10/18/2017)
As it cuts jobs, Boeing to disclose less information on state employment levels.  (Seattle Times, 12/22/2017)


Original 12/16/2017 post, "GOP legislative aide and letter writer Keith Best needs to brush up on his Foxconn analogies", starts here.

Photo credit:  LinkedIn
Sources:

Keith has worked for Rep. Thomas Weatherston (R-Racine) since 2014.

 Other Foxconn posts:
January 2018
The Foxconn ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching.  (1/17/2018)
FierceWireless's buzzkill on the Foxconn deal.  (2/16/2018)
Official press agency of People's Republic of China: 'Villagers' in Racine County rebel against Foxconn land grab.  (1/12/2018)
Owner of company that wins Foxconn road construction contract serves up heaping helping of hyperbole, as well campaign contributions to GOP incumbents.  (1/5/2018)

December 2017
Historic giveaways: Most expensive taxpayer-funded jobs in history is Scott Walker's top accomplishment in 2017.  (12/26/2017)
Gateway Technical College cutting-edge Foxconn curriculum does not include workforce development, employee relations, and management concepts.  (12/25/2017)
Let's put this Foxconn deposit in perspective.  (12/23/2017)
UPDATE. Scott Walker Monday tweet storm attempts to distract us from his highway funding mess.  (12/19/2017) 
GOP legislative aide and letter writer Keith Best needs to brush up on his Foxconn analogies.  (12/16/2017)
UPDATE: The Wisconn Valley Way to Wisconsin's fiscal and moral bankruptcy.  (12/15/2017)
Scott Walker, meet Andrew Ng, who wants to help Foxconn bring intelligence displayed by machines to Racine County.  (12/14/2017)
Billions for Foxconn but a raw deal for Mount Pleasant residents John and Kim Mahoney.  (12/13/2017)
Some residents of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois will help to foot the bill for a $140,000,000 Foxconn campus electrical substation.  (12/12/2017)
A deafening silence: What role will robotics play at Foxconn's Mount Pleasant manufacturing plant?  (12/12/2017)
Inquiring minds want to know why driverless technology wasn't discussed during Foxconn contract negoatiations, Scott Walker.  (12/12/2017)
Donald Trump and Terry Gou: Scott Walker loves these two peas in a pod.  (12/9/2017)
Reggie White:Green Bay Packers:: Foxconn:Wisconsin (Scott Walker analogy reveals his crazed desperation).  (8/10/2017)

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