Saturday, December 23, 2017

Let's put this Foxconn deposit in perspective


$60,000,000 is 1.5% of the $3,938,000,000 (and counting) payments and incentives promised to Foxconn.


Skin in the game: Foxconn makes $60 million deposit on what officials call 'historic day'.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/22/2017)

Most of the actions already taken involes securing sizeable payments and incentives from state, county, and local governments Foxconn, which has drawn criticism over announced projects elsewhere that didn't fully materialize, already has taken several actions indicating it is indeed serious about its plans to build the massive factory here.

Other Foxconn posts:
December 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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