We should get a say if firms can ruin our environment

The Wisconsin environmental rules have been mitigated for a foreign company. Large amounts of Lake Michigan water will be used by Foxconn. Air and water pollution will increase because environmental laws have been mitigated. Good farm land will be lost because of the Foxconn deal. Our taxes, to the tune of over $4.5 billion, have been given to a foreign company. Not to mention all the people that will be disrupted by this deal...   ...more

Ken Notes: Actually we should get a say in ensuring that they do not ruin the environment --- and we should also understand that saying no is not always the option we should take. If we sought a seat at the table to work with these companies from the onset we could actually make a difference.