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Jodi Emerson: “There was not a whole lot of incentives to make Foxconn…”

Featuring: Jodi Emerson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 91

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Campaign 2018: Jodi Emerson (D) Candidate for 91st Assembly District

Published | Video Starts at 06:10

So you would not have voted for the Foxconn? I would absolutely not have voted for it. Why? I don't think that it's going to benefit the whole state, for one. And There was not a whole lot of incentives to make Foxconn really hit certain parameters. If we're investing that much in a single company, I think you need to say, you know, we expect you to pay this much for wages. (06:10–06:19)

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Asserts that the Foxconn deal lacked sufficient incentives for performance benchmarks.

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