Tony Evers Is Silent on Opposing Foxconn in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott
Walker's discredited claim
that 13,000 new jobs will
materialize with a $4 billion
public investment is meeting
with incredulity. Walker's 2018
campaign, Friends of Scott
Walker, is pitching the
scheme dubbed the
Fox Con. Dem Party
nominee for gov,
Tony Evers, refuses
to take a clear position.

Foxconn Is Not a Bad Actor; Can't Un-ring Bell Remains Position of Dem Nominee for Gov

Madison, Wisconsin — Talk to folks in the northern two-thirds of the state and ask how the Foxconn boondoggle plays. Not well.

Foxconn is a political winner for Democrats but the Democratic Party nominee for gov, Tony Evers, retains his posture there is nothing that can be done to stop the foreign company from polluting and depleting our water, saying in effect we can only wish Foxconn to become good corporate citizens.

Meanwhile, Gov. Scott Walker (R) maintains his position that ballyhoos the $ billions in subsidies to Foxconn.

Reports Arthur Thomasin the BizTimes: "Evers’ campaign declined to comment on the election results in the context of Foxconn."

Yes, because why would Tony Evers craft precise policy positions on the worst deal Wisconsin has ever negotiated, a massive giveaway on which the sitting Repulbican governor is running for reelection, and a lie that is hyped by Donald Trump.

Foxconn as fiscal and economic plutonium works as a metaphor. This scheme is deadly to economic development, fiscal health of the state, and the ability of local governments to protect their communities from corporate bad actors.

The economic and environmental scale and impact of Foxconn is immense.

But Walker in his Evangelical certainty knows Foxconn is what Jesus wants for Wisconsin, until he is called away to the private sector.

A problem for Wisconsin is Tony Evers' current position on Foxconn is a model of vacuity.

Keep up the great work, Tony.