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Will Illinois workers fill jobs at Foxconn plant? | Letter

EDITOR: Gov. Scott Walker just signed an agreement with Foxconn allowing them to build a production facility in Mount Pleasant in Racine County. This location is just about a half-hour drive from the Illinois border.

Governor Walker has said this company will add about 13,000 jobs in the future along with additional support companies being built. What will stop Illinois residents from obtaining Foxconn jobs and driving a half hour to Mount Pleasant to work?

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As far as the support companies, there is no guarantee that these companies will build in Wisconsin rather than building in Illinois and transporting their products to the Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant.

If this is the case, then Wisconsin and Racine County taxpayers would be paying for Illinois jobs and development because of the enormous incentives provided to Foxconn to entice them into Wisconsin. Governor Walker has given away the farm to buy a cow.

Patrick Hommerding,

Merrill