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Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin

#china #foxconn #politics #tax #tech_industry #us | <blockquote>In 2017, then-Governor Scott Walker and President Trump announced a historic deal with Foxconn to bring manufacturing jobs to Wisconsin. But none of the jobs, buildings, or promises have been fulfilled—and look like they never will. The Verge’s Josh Dzieza investigates two years of what happened behind the scenes at Foxconn in Wisconsin.</blockquote>

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Direct aid, subsidies, tax breaks – the hidden welfare budget we don’t debate | Politics | The Guardian

#capitalism #corporations #politics #tax #uk #welfare | <blockquote>Vast sums are handed out in corporate welfare, and official silence is skewing the debate, so the public don’t know where billions of their own taxes are going</blockquote>

10 years ago | View Shared by victor