This week on Mel & Floyd: Bannon blows his horn, Confederate flag waving, Americans in Germany, alternative history of the 20th century, southern constitution, protest hilarity, yummy yummy Foxconn dough, prescription for being an American, vandalism of monuments, Obama’s record setting tweet, eclipsing the President, Life after Hate, Russian web hosting, Amazon Fulfillment Center, Australian […]
Wisconsin Resident Speak Up About Foxconn Deal
The massive incentives package passed in the Assembly last week. Foxconn’s planned investment in the state totals 10 billion dollars and could bring 13,000 jobs. The company plans to build three auxiliary facilities as well as the LCD assembly plant. Construction on those auxiliary locations could begin as early as next year, a report published […]
Foxconn, Ginseng Industry To Team Up
Foxconn founder and chair Terry Gou loves ginseng. And so does his mom. That’s at least according to Ginseng Board of Wisconsin president Bob Kaldunski, who wasn’t paying much attention to negotiations between the state and the Taiwanese manufacturing company — until he heard they wanted to meet up. “It caught us by surprise,” Kaldunski […]
Is Foxconn Worth the Investment?
There are still a lot of big questions that need to be addressed when it comes to Foxconn. In this commentary, Mike McCabe of BlueJean nation says the most important question asks what basket should Wisconsin be putting our eggs in to? If Wisconsin spends the money, should it be to subsidize a company […]
State Won’t Break Even On Foxconn Deal Until At Least 2043
The legislative fiscal bureau says it will take at least 25 years for Wisconsin’s incentives package for the manufacturer to break even. Officials announced last month that Foxconn plans to build a LCD display screen facility in the southeastern part of the state — the first of its kind in the country. The company says […]
FOXCONN In Wisconsin: At What Environmental Cost?
On Thursday, August 3rd, the Wisconsin Assembly held public hearings on 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1, which would provide up to three billion dollars in manufacturing tax incentives to the Taiwanese Foxconn corporation to build an LCD assembly plant at a yet-to-be-determined location in southeastern Wisconsin. The bill would also exempt the facility from […]