WI legislator would bar WI tax credits for out-of-state Foxconn work

Props to Wisconsin Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen 

for introducing legislation barring Foxconn from receiving any state tax credits for hires out of state.

From a Bloomberg news website:

Democratic lawmakers want to place new limits on the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation after an audit revealed the agency had adopted procedures that could grant Foxconn tax benefits for out-of-state employees. 

Sen. Dave Hansen (D) said he would introduce legislation prohibiting the state from granting tax credits to electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group for any jobs done by out-of-state workers as it develops a $10 billion technology campus in Southeast Wisconsin. 

In a normal political environment, the blatant out-sourcing of taxpayer-paid employment would not have been considered, let alone allowed.

But Wisconsin's political environment has been distorted since GOP Gov. Walker - - defeated last month for re-election - - last year pushed through the unprecedented and fiscally-irresponsible Foxconn subsidy package which also came with significant legal and environmental privileges accorded to no other Wisconsin venture.

A full archive on the Foxconn debacle is here.

Hansen's bill faces an uncertain future in the Legislature, where GOP leaders - - apparently oblivious to the role Foxconn played in Walker's defeat - - have reserved for themselves and their party in Walker's pending absence special Foxconn oversight roles and other perks in their lame-duck special session power grab.

Like I said, we're not in a normal political environment in Wisconsin despite Walker's defeat.

Yet.