Prior to entering the very large Democratic primary field for Governor of Wisconsin, Paul Soglin publicly opposed Scott Walker's corporate welfare giveaway to Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, which will result in billions of dollars of Wisconsinites' taxpayer dollars being used to fund a private corporation. However, just a couple of weeks or so before Soglin publicly compared the Foxconn giveaway to $100 million NFL tickets, he was all in for corporate welfare for Foxconn if they set up shop in Madison , which is the city where Soglin is currently mayor: Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said Thursday he is recommending Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn take over the shuttered Oscar Mayer site or either of two undeveloped sites on the city’s edges for what is believed to be a possible medical-related facility. [...] The mayor said he would be willing to consider offering tax incremental financing for a potential Foxconn project, but he said the...
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