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CTyankee

(68,291 posts)
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 07:07 PM Jan 2016

So Joe Scar has been warning about GE's corporate HQ leaving CT due to high taxes...

he said all along it would move to a low tax state and sure enough...GE moved to........Massachusetts!!!

I'm sure the gov there gave GE lots of tax goodies but Joe kept saying it would move it's main campus to Alabama (Joe grew up in AL but lives now in CT) or another state that had low corporate and other taxes....

Well, now, Joe...whaddya have to say, buddy?

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So Joe Scar has been warning about GE's corporate HQ leaving CT due to high taxes... (Original Post) CTyankee Jan 2016 OP
WTF! Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #1
and there you go! So Joe should pack up his argument, right? CTyankee Jan 2016 #3
It is all about Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #4
I think he will be vewy, vewy quiet about the GE move... CTyankee Jan 2016 #5
Don't they own some office buildings in Boston. Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #8
I dunno, but I'm sure MA gave them a sweet deal and it is "Taxachussetts" after all. CTyankee Jan 2016 #9
The last company I worked for owed something like 5 million in taxes. The owner B Calm Jan 2016 #7
Joe says ha-ha, he was paid to promote Alabama and he's laughing all the way to the bank... Human101948 Jan 2016 #2
Joe is an idiot. It's their corporate headquarters LittleBlue Jan 2016 #6

CTyankee

(68,291 posts)
3. and there you go! So Joe should pack up his argument, right?
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 08:02 PM
Jan 2016

I really don't know why he says what he says...do you?

CTyankee

(68,291 posts)
5. I think he will be vewy, vewy quiet about the GE move...
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 08:09 PM
Jan 2016

or maybe he'll get an out somehow...I just find it interesting...I feel bad for our gov. Malloy who I like and worked for as a volunteer in his campaign. He get slammed by the RW so much it makes me sick but....

CTyankee

(68,291 posts)
9. I dunno, but I'm sure MA gave them a sweet deal and it is "Taxachussetts" after all.
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 12:36 AM
Jan 2016

So, STFU Joe...

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
7. The last company I worked for owed something like 5 million in taxes. The owner
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 08:15 PM
Jan 2016

fought it and ended up he didn't pay a dime. As a matter of fact he even got back a million dollars in refund.

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
2. Joe says ha-ha, he was paid to promote Alabama and he's laughing all the way to the bank...
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 07:18 PM
Jan 2016

because his contract said he would get paid just for promoting the state.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
6. Joe is an idiot. It's their corporate headquarters
Wed Jan 13, 2016, 08:10 PM
Jan 2016

They don't want to live in Alabama. They'll have no problem sending their big factories and other workers there, but the executives themselves? lol

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