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heavyblinker -> RE: Foxconn (7/28/2017 12:13:09 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery
Despite Trump's dire rhetoric, unemployment is low -- 4.4%. It's high in particular regions and among particular populations.
Wisconsin is not one of those -- in fact, Wisconsin unemployment is at a 17 year low of 3.2%.
You could take that $3 billion Wisconsin taxpayers will contribute, divide it among every unemployed person in Wisconsin's labor force, cutting each of them a check for $30,000.
Which do you think would be more popular?
I'm going to say the jobs--people would rather have jobs than handouts any day.
It makes sense that Trump would be trying to find ways to get himself re-elected and focusing on the states he flipped in 2016 is a good way to do that.
People don't actually care about the world or the future, they only care about the here and now.
A big part of why environmentalism, feminism and showing basic respect for people who are different aren't more popular is because they require sacrifices and extra effort without much in the way of immediate returns.
There seems to be a lot of doubts about whether or not this factory will happen and how they're going to subsidize it, but if it goes through Trump will go out of his way to turn it into a large PR win.
It's not like he has anything else to do, and taking credit for others' work is what he does best.
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