Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/12/2024
The centerpiece of this vision, announced in 2017 and heralded by then-President Donald Trump, was supposed to be Foxconn, a high-tech manufacturing company based in Taiwan. For $3 billion in state tax credits, southeastern Wisconsin would get 13,000 new jobs that paid decent factory wages. Since then, Foxconn dramatically scaled back its plans, agreed to far lower tax credits, and about 1,000 people are said to be doing contract assembly work.
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But it's unclear how Microsoft's new data center will change the surrounding area, because it will involve far fewer workers than a company like Epic, which employs about 13,000 people.Scott Walker and Donald Trump got royally FOXCONNED!!
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