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Figure is right, but hardly a gift
Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
Numbers on target, but more to the story
Says Scott Walker "wants state taxpayers to dole out up to $250 million annually in incentives" to Foxconn "to lure a manufacturing plant to Wisconsin that he claims will generate $181 million in tax revenue."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
Some truth in both parts of the claim
Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
The numbers are on the money, but some facts shaded by loaded language
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s budget "includes tax breaks for corporations and the rich that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 billion over the next decade."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011