Taxpayers are actually not funding any of this.
The money is effectively taken from wherever foxconn was gonna build this factory, like China, or Mexico.
Today if you buy an LCD monitor from Foxconn, they have to pay ~5% Wisconsin state sales tax. Under this deal, they get the rebate. So, taxpayers are paying with revenue they would otherwise have gained.
Taxpayers are actually not funding any of this.
The money is effectively taken from wherever foxconn was gonna build this factory, like China, or Mexico.