Comments on: No More Bribes for Homeowners

By: balconesfault

balconesfault — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:59:11 +0000

You should be happy that the jobs are being kept in the US, it shouldnt make a difference to you, yet somehow it does, that they are being lost in teh North and gained in teh South.

As I resident of Texas for most of my life, I’m quite happy to have jobs here. It makes my life much easier when I have clients nearby, and I like my neighbors being employed.

That said, I’m very much opposed to Rick Perry handing out big tax abatements and infrastructure committments to lure jobs here. It is unfair to existing businesses, and it often gives away government money to companies who would locate here anyway, and as I said, it is harmful to our national interest.

I would feel quite the same way about Ohio or Michigan offering big incentives for Dell to move one of their facilities up there.

By: EscapeVelocity

EscapeVelocity — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:38 +0000

You should be happy that the jobs are being kept in the US, it shouldnt make a difference to you, yet somehow it does, that they are being lost in teh North and gained in teh South.

But alas…

Your ruse has been exposed for the lie that it is.

If GM had expanded its operations more out of the region, then they would have had broader support for their bailout, but alas, small minded greedy bigots get what they deserve.

By: EscapeVelocity

EscapeVelocity — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:51:37 +0000

Too little too late.

You had your run up North, for nearly a 100 years post US Civil War.

Deal with your decline gracefully.

By: EscapeVelocity

EscapeVelocity — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:51:37 +0000

Too little too late.

You had your run up North, for nearly a 100 years post US Civil War.

Deal with your decline gracefully.

By: balconesfault

balconesfault — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:12 +0000

Unfortunately for balconesfault, there is nothing that the South could have done to get GM to move jobs down here,

Ignorance abounds.

Bowling Green Assembly Bowling Green KY 839 employees
Shreveport Operations Shreveport LA 2,153 employees
Spring Hill Manufacturing Operations Spring Hill TN 3,425 employees
Arlington Assembly Arlington TX 2,360 employees
GMPT Fredericksburg Fredericksburg VA 102 employees

But why would I expect escape to actually look something up before making a declarative statement?

By: EscapeVelocity

EscapeVelocity — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:40:31 +0000

Unfortunately for balconesfault, there is nothing that the South could have done to get GM to move jobs down here, because of the UAW. So the South went elsewhere. When you treat people like shit, expect the chickens to come home to roost.

By: balconesfault

balconesfault — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Gee, at the Federal level, I thought you liberals called that an “investment.”

How is what SC is doing at the state level all that different from the “green” jobs that Obama touts at the Federal level?

I would say that having states competing against one another via giveaways to companies is against our national interests … it is a net zero for America if production of aircraft takes place in South Carolina or Washington, but it is a net loss to America if the South Carolina government pays industries to locate there and harms the job base in Washington State, and a net loss to America in that state taxes are Federally deductable – so in a roundabout way Washington State residents will end up helping pay for South Carolina to take their industry.

I guess one could say that from a global perspective, it doesn’t matter if a job is located in China or Wisconsin. I’m a strong nationalist, but I guess I’m not as much a globalist as you – I see a compelling reason to spend tax dollars to ensure jobs stay in Ameica, but no compelling reason to spend tax dollars to move jobs around within America.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:35:46 +0000

escapevelocity:

Not only is SC encouraging businesses to locate here with tax incentives, we are paying for GM employees to stand around with their thumbs up their arses at the same time (and higher wages and bennies to boot!) ITS CRIMINAL!

In the 2010 congressional election campaign, ALL the Republican candidates should be demanding that Obama set a firm timetable for privatizing GM again. Let's force the issue: Can GM ever compete as a private company again? I say no.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:33:38 +0000

balconesfault:

states can buy jobs by making everyone else in the state pay more in taxes or utility charges to make up for it.

Gee, at the Federal level, I thought you liberals called that an "investment." How is what SC is doing at the state level all that different from the "green" jobs that Obama touts at the Federal level?

By: EscapeVelocity

EscapeVelocity — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:54:14 +0000

Yes, the State of SC…..NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT which is subsidizing GM all across the Northern States. Not only is SC encouraging businesses to locate here with tax incentives, we are paying for GM employees to stand around with their thumbs up their arses at the same time (and higher wages and bennies to boot!) ITS CRIMINAL!