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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:26 PM Original message |
KIA opening up plant in Georgia & saving a town |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. $400 million in tax breaks? Is that corporate welfare? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The tax breaks are virtual income that the state never had anyway |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. A great investment of US corporate welfare for foreign corps that kill US corps. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I didn't see any US Corps stepping up to build any factories there. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. ANOTHER DIRTY LITTLE SECRET. 2500 JOBS COST $400 MILLION |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It cost them nothing. They never spent 400 million. There never was |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Tax breaks are lost revenues |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Not if the factory wouldn't have been there WITHOUT the tax breaks |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. False comparison |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Sure, they would get the 400 million from the other US owned factory |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. What about the burden on the infrastructure?... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You are wasting your keystrokes, this is DU, and if it's Foreign, it's gold. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Nobody complained about any burden when the textile factories were in business |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Were the textile industries paying their taxes?... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Burden? |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Its actually 20,000 jobs if you read the article |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Isn't that reasoning used in Asian sweatshops?**nm |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Put the bong down dude |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. in a "Right to Work" state. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Tell that to the people who would otherwise be permanently unemployed |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. yep. we'll take what we can get. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kind of a mixed blessing there. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I don't see how "most" of the money goes back to Korea |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Actually, who would care where that money went anyway. I'm sure |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Only about 5% of a cars cost is pure profit. Most of the remaining 95% go into production. |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hopefully, card check will get here soon. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. If I were an automaker... I wouldn't do ANYTHING to |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Actually it's both. |
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elifino (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. All new jobs in the USA are welcome |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. "Most of the people I talked to are very excited about the future" |
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elifino (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. they were excited then in 2006 |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. DU, where it's members cheer for the Foreign interests who block our products from their countries |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. What products? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You really are clueless to the situation, aren't you? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. This means nothing to the people in that little town. If there was |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. There will be jobs. These jobs will be filled by people who will |
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