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It is depressing to me to think how much of the billions that went to Foxconn, as subsidies for an ongoingly-debated screen plant in Wisconsin, ultimately was a

It is depressing to me to think how much of the billions that went to Foxconn, as subsidies for an ongoingly-debated screen plant in Wisconsin, ultimately was a source of personal funding for this person's political campaign.

quotz 7y ago
Very true...
- mrybczyn 7y ago
  More of those billions came from Apple... Vote with your wallet, buy HTC instead.
bilbo0s 7y ago
Wow. I could have lived the rest of my life in blissful ignorance of that possibility. Just gets my blood back up over how much Walker and his cronies let those guys fleece us for. Our fault. We didn't have to elect the guy. Still... it stings.
- npongratz 7y ago
  > Our fault. > We didn't have to elect the guy. Nope, nope, nope... politicians do not get to pass off responsibility for their actions simply because a plurality of denizens in a geographic area voted them into office.
duxup 7y ago
Well it was a screen plant. Then going to be a weird amalgam of R&D / engineering offices spread out across Wisconsin for no reason. And now ... back to some sort of manufacturing like ... thing ... maybe.