Fox Con Job
Remember Foxconn? Then-governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin lured the Chinese company to create “up to” 13,000 jobs in his state, with subsidies paid by Wisconsin taxpayers that could total as high as $3 billion. Foxconn was going to build a $10 billion factory complex to produce liquid crystal displays and other tech equipment that it now makes in Asia. As the Prospect reported in an investigative piece last September, the taxpayer cost per new employee was estimated at $230,000, [...]