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Bengus81

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7. They'll be as STUPID as they are in Kansas....

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Sep 13, 2017, 12:57 PM

Sep 2017

Boeing received tax break after tax break, a zillion sq ft of manufacturing space and no prop tax. So after being in Wichita since the 20's about ten years ago they BLEW town (after slowly phasing out manufacturing) when they found cheap labor and never looked back.

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Wisconsin Senate approves $3 billion for Foxconn [View all] riversedge Sep 2017 OP

No equality under the law? exboyfil Sep 2017 #1

Money that will take many, many, many years to recoup per the financial analysts iluvtennis Sep 2017 #2

By that time, toddwv Sep 2017 #12

Socialism?? KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #3

Socialism is the public ownership of the means of production redixdoragon Sep 2017 #5

Thanks for the clarification - Wisconsin would not have ownership. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #15

Wow,these Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #4

This has "sucker" plastered all over it. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #6

Yep. dalton99a Sep 2017 #10

They'll be as STUPID as they are in Kansas.... Bengus81 Sep 2017 #7

Do they have citizen originated recalls in Wisconsin? sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #8

Foxconn poses environmental threat HelenWheels Sep 2017 #9

Obscene corporate welfare.... Wuddles440 Sep 2017 #11

Indeed. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #13

RIP Wisconsin Egnever Sep 2017 #14