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When Scott Walker announced his candidacy for the President of the United States on July 13, 2015, he sent an email to supporters explaining why he was running for the Republican nomination.
Im a conservative because I believe in a smaller government, lower taxes and a free market, Walker wrote.
744 days later, sharing a stage with Donald Trump, the man who defeated him, Walker announced he was giving $3 billion in taxpayer money to a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, Foxconn. The company is best known for making component parts for the iPhone and other Apple products. The stunning deal is 50 times larger than any previous public incentive package.
The Foxconn factory will likely be located in the Congressional district of House Speaker Paul Ryan, an Ayn Rand acolyte and avowed champion of free enterprise. Ryan, who joined Trump and Walker for the announcement, lashed out Obama for supporting big business with crony capitalism in a 2012 column entitled Republicans Must Return To Free Market Principles.
https://thinkprogress.org/scott-walkers-3-billion-fraud-a03f181105ec
I hope that Randy Byrce for Congress, (https://randybryceforcongress.com/ ) asks questions if they are going to use AMERICAN STEEL, and what are the wages going to be
Moostache
(9,895 posts)It's OK If You Are A Republican....otherwise, its congressional hearing and investigation time forever...
turbinetree
(24,606 posts)Ryan has not, and Walker has not done anything in the way of funding high speed rail for example.
And the state is just above Kansas in being a toilet bowl of corruption in the state and judicial government
And I am hoping that Bryce links Ryan to that corruption, it is not that hard to do, but I am looking from the outside
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)That is an incredible amount of money. I thought Walker had gotten Wisconsin into some trouble, financially. Am I wrong? If he did, where is he getting this money? This stinks.
old guy
(3,281 posts)Given Foxconns past this smells funny.