leftoverbacon

dewme said:

Not sure how these latest incentives impact the breakeven date, but when the initial deal was struck the taxpayers would recoup their payout somewhere in the vicinity of year 2040-2045, depending on the actual number of jobs created. Fewer jobs, perhaps via increased automation and robotics, pushes the breakeven date further out. In effect the taxpayers of Wisconsin are subsidizing 13,000 jobs for the next 25 years. I tend to think that working and being productive has a significant human benefit in the long run so despite the huge cost to the taxpayers of Wisconsin the surrounding communities should still come out ahead. If the workers come from outside of Wisconsin the sales of heavy winter clothing, snow blowers, snow shovels, and 800 CCA automobile batteries alone will see a big increase.