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Topic	they're pushing for the Foxconn plant to open in Wisconsin because jobs
Giant_Aspirin 08/03/17 10:07:50 AM #3:	ChromaticAngel posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... saying it will make ~3000 new jobs in the area. sure, right when the plant opens they'll employ that many people. but we all know the ultimate end-goal of factories is to fully automate. so we're gonna give a gigantic, multi-national corporation a metric fuckton (scientific amount) of money via tax deductions, all in the name of creating 3000 jobs that will last, what, a couple of years? we'll still be giving Foxconn tax breaks even after they've automated away all those jobs. how is this good for anyone except Foxconn executives and their shareholders? am i missing something here? It's good for americans because the shit Foxconn makes is extremely valuable and not having to import it would save us a fuckton of money that normally goes to China right now to pay Foxconn for their work there. AFAIK this plant is only manufacturing LCD screens for televisions. so you're saying that the reduced cost of electronics (or whatever the factory produces) to american consumers is worth giving Foxconn billions in tax credits/cuts? --- Now Playing: Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) *(~);} - Get out the pans, don't just stand there dreamin' - {;(~)* <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:884106326] in they're pu... [t:75633492]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>saying it will make ~3000 new jobs in the area. sure, right when the plant opens they'll employ that many people. but we all know the ultimate end-goal of factories is to fully automate. so we're gonna give a gigantic, multi-national corporation a metric fuckton (scientific amount) of money via tax deductions, all in the name of creating 3000 jobs that will last, what, a couple of years? we'll still be giving Foxconn tax breaks even after they've automated away all those jobs. how is this good for anyone except Foxconn executives and their shareholders? am i missing something here?</quote> It's good for americans because the shit Foxconn makes is extremely valuable and not having to import it would save us a fuckton of money that normally goes to China right now to pay Foxconn for their work there.</quote> AFAIK this plant is only manufacturing LCD screens for televisions. so you're saying that the reduced cost of electronics (or whatever the factory produces) to american consumers is worth giving Foxconn billions in tax credits/cuts? --- Now Playing: Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4) (~);} - Get out the pans, don't just stand there dreamin' - {;(~)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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