Wisconsin
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Hey Wisconsinites! There is a little story revealing how Republicans do "business" and leave you with the bill! This should be required reading and an all-out shouting from the rooftops come election time to "Remember the FOXCONN ripoff":
The $3 billion, offered by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, was downgraded to an $80 million subsidy by Democrat Tony Evers, on the condition of 1,500 jobs. Foxconn to date hasnt hit that. But the Village of Mount Pleasant and Racine County are on the hook for significant borrowing costs on money issued for water and sewer systems. If Foxconn stiffs the village starting in January on its approximately $26 million in annual property taxes, the fiscal situation could turn dire.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-08-23-foxconn-debacle-economic-development/
AllyCat
(17,188 posts)a con business to rip people off. Legalized theft.
BidenRocks
(944 posts)I joined the Marines and got the hell out.
I keep up with the news and I knew that Foxconn was a grift.
The apple orchards are gone, replaced by a white elephant.
I left! Why do you love being screwed by Wanker, Johnson et al.?
We were the tip of the Democratic spear.
Lovely state gone wrong!
I still have my Packer stock and love my team.
You are off your historical rails!
Remember the LaFollett years among others.
StClone
(11,869 posts)How we got to this moment was because of Limbaugh, Kochs, Uihleins, and Bradleys, in an effort to take out a Progressive state bastion. We are fighting back by electing Governor Evers, and now Judge Janet Protasiewicz, so to stem the tide. Notice how many statewide elections we win? Unfortunately, in many district races Gerrymandering has done the damage and it has a big target on it!
Once middle of the road Iowa is loony Conservate now too. It is where I was born and lived for 25 years and moved to the Badger State in 1986. Fighting the good fight now to get our state back!
BidenRocks
(944 posts)Russ Feingold as a final hope.
Nope! Like Ya der hey and You betcha.
As a liberal from California for 50 years, I can still be 'Sconsin and get into it.
I have been back for 10 Packer games and had my Burbank wife telling a local how to survive Lambeau at 15 degrees.
Cardboard helps. But I digress.
StClone
(11,869 posts)I stated above billionaires have waged a war on WI and have won...for now. We are fighting back.