Kelly Gallagher
Appearances
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
Foxconn came to town. They promised us the world. Then they f***ed us because our village officials are morons.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
They promised us 13,000 jobs and a $10 billion investment. We got a few hundred crappy jobs. We bulldozed 100 homes, moved people out, used eminent domain against them, and except for a few buildings that Foxconn has put there, it's basically empty.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
But they didn't put money in on it. Unfortunately, the village of Mount Pleasant decided instead of making Foxconn buy the land that they wanted for their factory, our part-time village trustees, they said, we'll do it for you. We borrowed nearly a billion dollars
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
Well, first they said they were going to build large screen LCD TVs.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
A few weeks later, they changed it that they were going to build small LCD screens, the kinds that you get in the car. That's cool.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
Then they announced that they were going to build coffee robots.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
That didn't happen either. And right now, nobody knows what they do inside that building.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
It's 3,000 square acres of land. Do you know how much 3,000 square acres of land is?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
You should really go check it out.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
Well, it was really Donald Trump. Oh, here we go again. It's the largest failed publicly funded economic development project in Wisconsin history, possibly in U.S. history.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
Microsoft came to town and they announced a $3.3 billion investment project and 2,000 full-time jobs.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
But those 13,000 jobs were never real.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
It's going to be an AI data center.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | In the Field Pt. 2
All I know is that these are 2,000 real jobs.