SPEAKING LIVE THERE AT THE NEW
FOXCONN FACILITY, A $10 BILLION
INVESTMENT BEING MADE IN THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN, AND HE IS
DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST,
SPEAKING OFF SCRIPT, BRINGING
PEOPLE UP ON THE STAGE, TALKING
YOU HEARD HIM SAY WE'RE LOOKING
AT AT LEAST 4% ON GDP, MAYBE 5,
HE SAID IT COULD GO EVEN HIGHER
STRATEGIST KEVIN WALLACE, CAMPUS
REFORM.ORG EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
LAWRENCE JONES AND WISCONSIN
MANUFACTURER AND COMMERCE CEO
KURT BOWER.
I'M GOING TO GET TO THE
POLITICS, BECAUSE YOU DID HEAR
THE SUPREME COURT.
WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR A SECOND,
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ARE THEY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
FOR INVESTMENT FROM A FOREIGN
COUNTRY THERE IN YOUR STATE OF
WISCONSIN?
IT'S A BETTER DEAL FOR THE
WORKERS.
YOU JUST HEARD THE WORKERS
TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 10,000
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
112,000 WORKERS -- 12,000
WORKERS ONCE THE PLANT GETS
RUNNING AND 20, 25,000 TOTAL
YOU THINK ABOUT MANUFACTURING,
FOR EVERY ONE FACTORY JOB, YOU
CREATE THREE JOBS IN OTHER
SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY LIKE
TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY,
HOSPITALITY, HEALTH CARE, ETC.
I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A
TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT FOR THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
ALSO CHANGING PEOPLE'S
PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT TYPES OF
JOBS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE'VE GOT HIGH-TECH JOBS COMING
TO WISCONSIN.
TRISH: HIGH-TECH JOBS IN
WISCONSIN, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
DISCONCERTING FOR SOME, KEVIN,
IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A
TAXPAYERS ARE GIVING THEM A
BREAK, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK, IT
SHOULD ALL, LIKE -- THEY SHOULD
COME OUT AHEAD WHEN IT'S ALL
SAID AND DONE BECAUSE OF THE
INVESTMENT THAT'S BEING MADE,
BECAUSE OF THE JOBS THAT ARE
BEING CREATED.
NONETHELESS, IT IS COSTING
PEOPLE SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM.
AND LET'S NOT FORGET, IT'S A
FOREIGN COMPANY AT A TIME WHEN
WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS
ABOUT FOREIGNERS.
SO HOW DO YOU RECONCILE ALL THAT
RIGHT NOW, OR CAN YOU NOT?
>> TRISH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
AMONG WISCONSIN BLUE COLLAR
WORKERS OF THE $4 BILLION IN
STATE REVENUE THAT SCOTT WALKER
HAS PROMISED THIS FOREIGN
COMPANY WHEN IT SHOULD BE GOING
TO REPAIRING ROADS AND BRIDGES
IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
THEIR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS
DECIMATED UNDER REPUBLICAN
CONTROL OVER THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS, AND THEY WANT TO SEE THAT
MONEY INVESTED IN THEIR STATE
AND NOT A FOREIGN COMPANY NO
MATTER THE JOB GAINS THAT ARE
PROMISED AS PART OF THIS DEAL.
TRISH: BEFORE I GO TO LAWRENCE,
KURT, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO
COMMUNITY THERE IN WISCONSIN?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE FANTASTIC.
THE GOVERNOR PUT OVER $600
OUR ROADS ARE DOING JUST FINE AS
WELL.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS IS
A GREAT INVESTMENT, RETURN ON
INVESTMENT FOR WISCONSIN.
IT'S PAY AS YOU GO.
FOXCONN DOES NOT GET THE MONEY,
THE INCENTIVES UNLESS THEY
PRODUCE, AND THEY'VE ALREADY
PRODUCED.
THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR NORTH
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN
DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE, THEY'VE
WORDS -- ACTIONS MEAN MORE THAN
WORDS, AND THEY HAVE DELIVERED.
TRISH: WOW --
TRISH: ALL RIGHT.
LET ME GET LAWRENCE INTO THE
CONVERSATION NOW.
LOOK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- IT'S
ALWAYS A DEBATE IN ECONOMICS,
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GROW YOUR
BUSINESS, IF YOU WANT TO GROW
AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
YOU SEE PEOPLE MAKING THE
DECISION IN WISCONSIN SAYING
WE'RE GOING TO INVEST AND, YES,
IT'S GOING TO BE SOME TAXPAYER
BETTER TAX REVENUE FOR THE
STATE.
AND YOU WANT THAT EXCITEMENT.
AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE
MULTIPLIER EFFECT IN ALL OF
THIS.
13,000 PEOPLE EMPLOYED, A $10
BILLION INVESTMENT.
THAT MEANS MUCH MORE MONEY FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
LAWRENCE, GETTING TO POLITICS
FOR A SECOND.
YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY
WE'RE GOING TO PUT A SUPREME
COURT PICK IN THERE.
HE'S GOT TWO, I'VE GOT ALAN
DERSHOWITZ TELLING ME IT COULD
BE THREE BECAUSE HE THINKS RUTH
BADER GINSBURG WON'T BE TOO LONG
THERE.
IT'S HISTORIC, HE HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY HERE.
BUT HOW NASTY IS IT GOING TO GET
IN THE PROCESS?
HOW AGGRESSIVE ARE BOTH SIDES
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR VIEW?
>> WELL, YOU JUST SAW THE COVER
OF THE DAILY NEWS TODAY THAT
USED THAT LANGUAGE --
TRISH: OH, HANG ON.
I WANT TO SHOW THE VIEWER WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MY GOODNESS --
[LAUGHTER]
IS THIS NECESSARY, REALLY?
A NEWSPAPER?
>> WELL, IT'S NOT NECESSARY, BUT
I WOULD WANT TO TELL THEM,
FOR FAR TOO LONG, THERE HAS BEEN
A LEVEL OF ACTIVIST JUDGES IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND THE PRESIDENT
INTENDS ON APPOINTING PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE IN THIS LIVING
DOCUMENT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, YOU HAVE
DECIMATED MY COMMUNITY WITH
ABORTION LAWS THAT SPECIFICALLY
TARGET THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND
WE'RE COMING FOR YOU.
THE LAW IS COMING FOR YOU.
AND SO, YES, THAT COVER WAS
CORRECT.
GAME OVER.
TRISH: I GET IT.
I TAKE IT KEVIN'S FIRED UP TOO.
>> I WANT A FAIR AND FREE
JUDICIARY WHERE ANTHONY KENNEDY
WASN'T BEHOLDEN TO ANY
PARTICULAR PARTY.
TRISH: KEVIN, AREN'T YOU GUYS
LOOKING AT THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY --
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
>> BABIES ARE BEING MURDERED.
TRISH: ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE ARE BACK AT THIS ROE V.
CORNERSTONE OF THE NOVEMBER
CAMPAIGN.
TRISH: I GUESS THEY'RE GOING TO
SPEND MORE TIME ON.
LET'S REALIZE IT GETS EVERYONE
WORKED UP --
>> CLEARLY.
TRISH: YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING