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CTyankee

(68,292 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... [View all]

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... [View all] 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