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Related: About this forumState lawmaker blasts Boeing for sending jobs to other states
Everett Rep. June Robinson knows the Boeing Co. is building its newest jetliner in her legislative district.
But Friday the Democrat lawmaker blasted the aerospace giant for looking to shift hundreds of jobs from Washington to Oklahoma while continuing to receive $8.7 billion worth of tax breaks from this state.
This is another example of the Boeing Company having their cake and wanting more cake, she said in a statement. Washington taxpayers are paying billions to keep Boeing jobs here at home. Yet Boeing collects our checks while moving jobs out of state to collect money from other cities. We shouldnt be subsidizing job losses in Washington.
Robinson has authored legislation tying the state's tax incentives to creation and retention of jobs. As written, if the number of Boeing workers in Washington dips below a prescribed number, the tax breaks go away.
We all want to see the next generation of aircraft designed, assembled, and finished in Washington State. We are willing to offer incentives to make that happen, she said. But those incentives need accountability measures for the people paying the bills so they cannot be abused by sending jobs out of state while still collecting subsidies in Washington and other states.
Robinsons bill is languishing in the House Finance Committee. She said Friday its not dead and conversations on linking jobs and incentives are taking place with her colleagues. She hopes the news about Oklahoma will re-ignite interest in passing it.
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Let the company decide where to build and if they don't build in your state other businesses will. We have some bad laws in the United States.
KT2000
(20,586 posts)Now it looks like Boeing is going to set up their tax free business all over the country with politicians paving the way.