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Keep in mind that it's tax rebate, so Wisconsin is not getting any of that if they didn't lure foxconn to them in the first place.

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.




> Taxpayers are actually not funding any of this.

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.


The sales tax credit is only for construction materials.


Foxconn is an OEM, nobody buys LCDs from them on the retail market.




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