WI GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, satisfied that $252 million in highway pork for his district is safety tucked into his chamber's version of the Foxconn subsidy bill, is pushing the fast-tracked package to a floor vote Thursday.
The GOP-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly is also eager to pass Scott Walker's must-have pre-election $3 billion Foxconn tax-breaks and environmental rollback package - - even before they've approved the state budget now six weeks late or tackled paying to repair the state's crumbling road system - - so they gave the Foxconn package its first party-line approval Monday, despite:
* New, more independent estimates that shows thousands fewer spin-off jobs being created than company PR had suggested;
* Updated numbers released last week that found the Foxconn payroll was overstated by $100 million.
* The package would cost the state and localities $150 million in sales tax collections.
* Earlier actions by Vos eliminated transit connections and coordination in the same region from which Foxconn would draw employees.
The GOP-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly is also eager to pass Scott Walker's must-have pre-election $3 billion Foxconn tax-breaks and environmental rollback package - - even before they've approved the state budget now six weeks late or tackled paying to repair the state's crumbling road system - - so they gave the Foxconn package its first party-line approval Monday, despite:
* New, more independent estimates that shows thousands fewer spin-off jobs being created than company PR had suggested;
* Updated numbers released last week that found the Foxconn payroll was overstated by $100 million.
* The package would cost the state and localities $150 million in sales tax collections.
* Earlier actions by Vos eliminated transit connections and coordination in the same region from which Foxconn would draw employees.
