Did you notice this claim made by GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos after the Foxconn bill sailed through his chamber Thursday after a single, stage-managed 'public' hearing and less than a month after Foxconn announced its factory-construction plan?
Here is a list of the "other companies" which have received similar Wisconsin development packages that include Foxconn-level state cash payments and tax forgiveness of $3 billion, a 26-year break-even schedule for taxpayers, substantial additional levels of local taxpayer assistance - - all approved by the Assembly prior to the completion of routine public-sector and local government fiscal vetting - - and unique waivers of state environmental law and procedures to allow a company to discharge waste, fill wetlands, build into lakes and divert streams.
Though - - the Assembly voted to provide these 'incentives' despite a weakly-explained boost of 60% in the number of projected jobs created by the incentive package that was contained in a state-paid analysis which the state did not release in a timely fashion.
Here's the list...
(Hint: there are none.)
Calling PolitiFact...
"It’s no different than how we’ve done economic development in Wisconsin for other companies,” Vos said.
Here is a list of the "other companies" which have received similar Wisconsin development packages that include Foxconn-level state cash payments and tax forgiveness of $3 billion, a 26-year break-even schedule for taxpayers, substantial additional levels of local taxpayer assistance - - all approved by the Assembly prior to the completion of routine public-sector and local government fiscal vetting - - and unique waivers of state environmental law and procedures to allow a company to discharge waste, fill wetlands, build into lakes and divert streams.Though - - the Assembly voted to provide these 'incentives' despite a weakly-explained boost of 60% in the number of projected jobs created by the incentive package that was contained in a state-paid analysis which the state did not release in a timely fashion.
Here's the list...
(Hint: there are none.)
Calling PolitiFact...
