Jason Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The 20-million square foot campus was praised by President Donald Trump as proof of his ability to revive American manufacturing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 womp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 This episode of Reply All (a GREAT podcast, by the way) about Mount Pleasant trying to secure the Foxconn project is amazing. https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/132-negative-mount-pleasant And even more so with the ever changing scope of the Foxconn project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, 2user1cup said: womp WOMP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Who could have guessed that Foxconn wouldn't live up to their word! So Foxconn will still get billions to not build a factory and hardly hire any workers. They'll then be pretty disappointed when they discover that they're not getting the cream of the crop for their "knowledge positions" out in rural Wisconsin. I do feel bad for the locals. It's amazing how little input or knowledge they had of any of this. If you're curious, this podcast is a pretty damning look at the process from the local level. As a companion piece, Nilay Patel from The Verge (who grew up in the exact town in question) discusses it on their podcast. The big takeaway for me was that the people of Mount Pleasant weren't even told what was happening until the deal was done, even as news and rumors discussed it openly. It's all just as shady as you'd expect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I guess they'll keep it in china so they can prevent their employees from killing themselves and saving americans from the pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 This was one helluva (fox) con(n) job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I loved the podcast that was mentioned here about this deal. Definitely give it a listen. When I saw this headline today I was like oooooooooh snap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, SFLUFAN said: This was one helluva (fox) con(n) job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, SFLUFAN said: This was one helluva (fox) con(n) job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I was really looking forward to some Made-In-The-USA "AI 5k+8G" or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr.Vic20 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I wonder how much more the idiot gave them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/30/2019 at 11:35 AM, TwinIon said: Who could have guessed that Foxconn wouldn't live up to their word! So Foxconn will still get billions to not build a factory and hardly hire any workers. They'll then be pretty disappointed when they discover that they're not getting the cream of the crop for their "knowledge positions" out in rural Wisconsin. I do feel bad for the locals. It's amazing how little input or knowledge they had of any of this. If you're curious, this podcast is a pretty damning look at the process from the local level. As a companion piece, Nilay Patel from The Verge (who grew up in the exact town in question) discusses it on their podcast. The big takeaway for me was that the people of Mount Pleasant weren't even told what was happening until the deal was done, even as news and rumors discussed it openly. It's all just as shady as you'd expect. I don't know if it's mentioned in the podcast, but the tragic thing here, on top of everything else, is that Americans fetishization of these manufacturing jobs is because of a somewhat antiquated idea that they were the middle class jobs that paid substantially more than service industries. But that higher pay is not really an intrinsic quality of manufacturing jobs. It was largely because those jobs often had strong unions. So even if this factory is made, and those jobs are created(at a ridiculous subsidy per job) just how good they are will probably rely on what their union looks like. And, if I remember right, Walker did everything he could to gut Wisconsin unions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, Jason said: Foxconn says it’s moving forward with the construction of its Wisconsin facility after talks with White House, according to a statement released Friday, but isn’t clarifying what kind of jobs will be housed at the $10 billion plant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 So when a recession kicks in they will leave again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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