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Foxconn's long con
Topic Started: Jul 29 2017, 12:03 PM (240 Views)
Mr. Tik
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Foxconn CEO Terry Gou and President Trump recently announced a plan to bring 3,000 jobs to Wisconsin at what appears to be a flat screen manufacturing plant.

The political press ate it up, alternatively excoriating the program for costing too much in tax breaks and crowing a win for Wisconsin's conservative governor, Scott Walker .
I wouldn't encourage either party to hold their breath.

Gou is in the habit of promising big and rarely delivering. Four years ago business journals crowed about a plan to bring a Foxconn flat screen manufacturing plant to Pennsylvania in 2013. The result? Foxconn opened an empty office in Harrisburg and nothing further has been done.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/foxconn-apos-long-con-115206467.html
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Yeah. It's more of a wish-list than a plan.

Also: "This amounts to a taxpayer cost of $230,000 per worker - if Foxconn keeps hiring." -- Corporate welfare alert.
Edited by nNeo, Jul 29 2017, 12:40 PM.
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Adolph Hipster
Jul 29 2017, 12:03 PM
tax breaks
Yeah. So basically allowing them to keep more of their own money.

But social contracteers Tik and the new guy to the club Neo - consider everything you produce as belonging to the community, and they just allow you to keep some for yourself.

That's the xxxxing con.
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This 1 number sums up why that Foxconn deal is over-the-top bad for Wisconsin

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-1-number-sums-up-why-that-foxconn-deal-is-over-the-top-bad-for-wisconsin-2017-07-28?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
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Adolph Hipster
Jul 29 2017, 12:03 PM
Foxconn CEO Terry Gou and President Trump recently announced a plan to bring 3,000 jobs to Wisconsin at what appears to be a flat screen manufacturing plant.

The political press ate it up, alternatively excoriating the program for costing too much in tax breaks and crowing a win for Wisconsin's conservative governor, Scott Walker .
I wouldn't encourage either party to hold their breath.

Gou is in the habit of promising big and rarely delivering. Four years ago business journals crowed about a plan to bring a Foxconn flat screen manufacturing plant to Pennsylvania in 2013. The result? Foxconn opened an empty office in Harrisburg and nothing further has been done.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/foxconn-apos-long-con-115206467.html
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If and when those jobs actually show up in Wisconsin, I'll give Trump full credit. I, for one, am not holding my breath. Foxconn promised to build a factory in Pennsylvania back in 2013:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-foxconns-broken-pledges-in-pennsylvania-cast-doubt-on-trumps-jobs-plan/2017/03/03/0189f3de-ee3a-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html?utm_term=.3e32285d48b0

And they're still waiting.
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Jul 29 2017, 08:52 PM
If and when those jobs actually show up in Wisconsin, I'll give Trump full credit. I, for one, am not holding my breath. Foxconn promised to build a factory in Pennsylvania back in 2013:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-foxconns-broken-pledges-in-pennsylvania-cast-doubt-on-trumps-jobs-plan/2017/03/03/0189f3de-ee3a-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html?utm_term=.3e32285d48b0

And they're still waiting.
Hold your breath....please.... :popcorn:
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The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

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Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
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Jul 31 2017, 08:15 AM
ringotuna
Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
When a private business says they are going to make an investment - I listen.

When a bureaucrat who has never worked a second outside government says they are going to create some jobs - I laugh out loud.
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estonianman
Jul 31 2017, 09:57 AM
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Jul 31 2017, 08:15 AM
ringotuna
Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
When a private business says they are going to make an investment - I listen.

When a bureaucrat who has never worked a second outside government says they are going to create some jobs - I laugh out loud.
When a private business creates a real demand for goods or services and uses their profits to expand and create jobs, I listen.

When a private business requires corporate welfare from the government to expand their business, I laugh out loud.
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Jul 31 2017, 11:20 AM
estonianman
Jul 31 2017, 09:57 AM
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Jul 31 2017, 08:15 AM
ringotuna
Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
When a private business says they are going to make an investment - I listen.

When a bureaucrat who has never worked a second outside government says they are going to create some jobs - I laugh out loud.
When a private business creates a real demand for goods or services and uses their profits to expand and create jobs, I listen.

When a private business requires corporate welfare from the government to expand their business, I laugh out loud.
And then your attendant discreetly shuttles you back into your room.

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ringotuna
Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
No they don't.
Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated.
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Jul 31 2017, 11:58 AM
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Jul 31 2017, 08:15 AM
ringotuna
Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
No they don't.
That's exactly what cons are doing, patting themselves and Trump on the back for creating jobs that don't yet exist. And may never exist.
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Jul 31 2017, 02:05 PM
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Jul 31 2017, 11:58 AM
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Jul 31 2017, 08:15 AM
ringotuna
Jul 31 2017, 03:30 AM
The left doesn't like it when industry lures their voters off the government sugar-tit with jobs.

:biggrin:
The right thinks that promises of jobs equates to the providing of jobs.
No they don't.
That's exactly what cons are doing, patting themselves and Trump on the back for creating jobs that don't yet exist. And may never exist.
so negative. :oyvey
Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated.
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