Foxconn offers gravy train, adds pie-in-the-sky
So you see where we're headed in our post-Foxconn state: the company is Bucky's Aladdin's lamp, Walker's panacea, Wisconsin's bag of Dairyland magic beans.
* Today's gee-whiz, not-news Foxconn story has state business leaders saying the company might invest in a Wisconsin start-up fund related to company production.
* Yesterday's entry on the Foxconn wish list: maybe building special traffic lanes just for Foxconn - - maybe on I-94 - -so driverless company vehicles could zip from its Racine County site to Mitchell airport shipping terminals.
What's next from the Foxconn Aladdin lamp? A jet pack in every garage?
I think we're a long way from special lanes for Foxconn vehicles, especially since the state can't finish the Zoo Interchange or fill the potholes.
And think about how how many business start-ups could be funded with just a fraction of the $3 billion Foxconn will receive from state government over the next 15 years.
Now look: I'm all for thinking big, but let's set aside these hypotheticals and focus on the actual Foxconn news of the day - - full story behind a pay wall, but the headline tells the tale:
* Today's gee-whiz, not-news Foxconn story has state business leaders saying the company might invest in a Wisconsin start-up fund related to company production.
* Yesterday's entry on the Foxconn wish list: maybe building special traffic lanes just for Foxconn - - maybe on I-94 - -so driverless company vehicles could zip from its Racine County site to Mitchell airport shipping terminals.
What's next from the Foxconn Aladdin lamp? A jet pack in every garage?
I think we're a long way from special lanes for Foxconn vehicles, especially since the state can't finish the Zoo Interchange or fill the potholes.
And think about how how many business start-ups could be funded with just a fraction of the $3 billion Foxconn will receive from state government over the next 15 years.
Now look: I'm all for thinking big, but let's set aside these hypotheticals and focus on the actual Foxconn news of the day - - full story behind a pay wall, but the headline tells the tale:
Michael Best & Friedrich quietly adds Foxconn as client
Collective bargaining. Mining. Redistricting. Recalls. Recounts. John Doe. Ethics charges. Michael Best & Friedrich has become the go-to law firm for all of the big issues facing Republicans.The GOP gravy train rolls on, and with Walker a declared 2018 candidate for re-election, that's news.
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The Foxconn contract references the term 'jobs', but does it spell out 'who' the job is performed by (a person or a robot)?
If not, might that give Foxconn some wiggle room later to replace jobs performed by people with jobs performed by robots and still meet the terms of the contract?
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