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Wisconsin Foxconn Deal Cost Taxpayers Millions—And It Will Continue To Cost More Millions

Wisconsin offered a $3 billion dollar subsidy to Foxconn and were promised a $10 billion factory and 13,000 jobs in exchange. Instead, the locals got three empty buildings, a few hundred jobs, and a mountain of debt. Sorry, Wisconsin. As Ronny Chieng from the Daily Show put it, “You got catfished.”

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss & Rep. Mike Gallagher: How Congress Can Support Local Leaders and Get the Economy Going (Video)

Two congressmen—one Democrat, one Republican, both longtime Strong Towns readers—talk about federal infrastructure spending and Congress’s role in making towns and cities stronger and more financially resilient.

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