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Trump supporters have bought up Solyndra over the years. But they seem unable to repeat to us the failures of te Trump presidency. According to them, we lived in utopia with everyone living in mansions on streets paved with gold and pots of gold/silver sitting in everybodys front yard. And inside these mansions there were three taps, one for hot water, one for cold water and the other for champagne. But this is the real Trump Presidency.
It was two year ago when President Trump joined then Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and officials from Foxconn to announce that the foreign company was planning to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin. Trump used the occasion to declare that Wisconsin manufacturing was back, and that Wisconsin’s Foxconn plant would be the “eighth wonder of the world.” For all that splash, there have barely been ripples since. The plant isn’t open. In fact, it isn’t even built. The company is woefully behind on its job creation numbers, with at last report, only 178 workers hired. Not enough to qualify for the state’s offer of job incentives of up to $200,000 per job. The plans for the plant have changed, now much smaller making smaller flat screens. The president of Foxconn is taking a leave to run for President of Taiwan. Foxconn has bought properties in Madison, Eau Claire, Milwaukee and Green Bay. But they sit empty, with no visible activity. It is looking less and less like this deal with ever come to fruition, at least not in line with the original plans. And while job incentives won’t be paid until the company actually hires people, according to the contract, Foxconn could get subsidies for building a largely automated plant. So Wisconsin taxpayers would be subsidizing robots. All of this makes clear the need to revisit the deal, in hopes something can be salvaged. So much for Wisconsin’s Foxconn plant becoming the eighth wonder of the world.
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And this is why we should vote for Biden.
BY EVAN CASEY
MAY 8, 2024
During a visit to Wisconsin Wednesday, President Joe Biden praised a planned $3.3 billion investment from Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence data center on land once slated for development by Foxconn in Mount Pleasant.
The plans also include a manufacturing-focused AI Co-Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as well as a partnership with Gateway Technical College to develop a “Datacenter Academy” that will train 1,000 people by 2030, according to a statement from the White House.
“It’s all part of Microsoft’s broad plan to build an artificial intelligence system right here in Racine and it’s going to be transformative, not just here, but worldwide,” Biden said during a speech near the future site of the data centers Wednesday morning.
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Foxconn was never built and the 15,000 jobs never happened. That was the trump administration. Just like infrastructure week never happened. Just like beating the Chinese in the trade war didn't happen. Just like COVID would go away when it got warm didn't happen.
Foxconn hardly the eighth wonder of the world
Published 5 years ago on June 7, 2019It was two year ago when President Trump joined then Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and officials from Foxconn to announce that the foreign company was planning to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin. Trump used the occasion to declare that Wisconsin manufacturing was back, and that Wisconsin’s Foxconn plant would be the “eighth wonder of the world.” For all that splash, there have barely been ripples since. The plant isn’t open. In fact, it isn’t even built. The company is woefully behind on its job creation numbers, with at last report, only 178 workers hired. Not enough to qualify for the state’s offer of job incentives of up to $200,000 per job. The plans for the plant have changed, now much smaller making smaller flat screens. The president of Foxconn is taking a leave to run for President of Taiwan. Foxconn has bought properties in Madison, Eau Claire, Milwaukee and Green Bay. But they sit empty, with no visible activity. It is looking less and less like this deal with ever come to fruition, at least not in line with the original plans. And while job incentives won’t be paid until the company actually hires people, according to the contract, Foxconn could get subsidies for building a largely automated plant. So Wisconsin taxpayers would be subsidizing robots. All of this makes clear the need to revisit the deal, in hopes something can be salvaged. So much for Wisconsin’s Foxconn plant becoming the eighth wonder of the world.
Foxconn hardly the eighth wonder of the world
It was two year ago when President Trump joined then Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and officials from Foxconn to announce that the foreign company was planning to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin. Trump used the occasion to declare that Wisconsin manufacturing was back, and that Wisconsin’s...
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And this is why we should vote for Biden.
Biden announces $3.3B investment from Microsoft for AI data center in Mount Pleasant
Project is expansion of previous plans from the company to construct data centers on Foxconn landBY EVAN CASEY
MAY 8, 2024
During a visit to Wisconsin Wednesday, President Joe Biden praised a planned $3.3 billion investment from Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence data center on land once slated for development by Foxconn in Mount Pleasant.
The plans also include a manufacturing-focused AI Co-Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as well as a partnership with Gateway Technical College to develop a “Datacenter Academy” that will train 1,000 people by 2030, according to a statement from the White House.
“It’s all part of Microsoft’s broad plan to build an artificial intelligence system right here in Racine and it’s going to be transformative, not just here, but worldwide,” Biden said during a speech near the future site of the data centers Wednesday morning.
Biden announces $3.3B investment from Microsoft for AI data center in Mount Pleasant
President Joe Biden was in Racine County Wednesday to announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence data center on land once slated for development by Foxconn in Mount Pleasant.
www.wpr.org
Foxconn was never built and the 15,000 jobs never happened. That was the trump administration. Just like infrastructure week never happened. Just like beating the Chinese in the trade war didn't happen. Just like COVID would go away when it got warm didn't happen.
