Foxconn puts its empty buildings in Wisconsin up for sale

theverge.com

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The Verge interviewed Alan Yeung (a former Foxconn executive who was in charge of the Wisconsin project).

Very interesting interview. If he's to be believed, Foxconn dropped the project because they didn't like that Evers won the election. Or, at least, that's what he implied.

https://www.theverge.com/23030465/foxconn-lcd-factory-wiscon...

Looks like just another great tax deal. Give me a few million and I'm not sure I'll temporarily hold real estate but I will hire a schmuck to count it.

> If he's to be believed

He's not, and Nilay Patel repeatedly calls him on his BS during the interview.

Nilay jumps down his throat as soon as the conversation gets political. I wish the interview talked about specifics that caused the deal to fall through.

Because the end result of a 5% tax break for a real estate pump and dump isn't all that profitable.

> Nilay jumps down his throat as soon as the conversation gets political.

I would frame it as, Nilay jumps down his throat as soon as he tells an obvious, refutable lie. ;-)

Man, they seized people's land and tore down their houses for those. Some of those people fought back hard and lost, can't imagine how they feel about this.

Ahem, they were invited to....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/gimletmedia.com/amp/shows/reply...

Frames the local issue beautifully. Check the date also. There's definitely more to how bad this went than regional or federal politics.

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