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Wounded Bear

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1. They've been doing it for years interstate...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 03:20 PM

Nov 2016

all about the "competition" you know. You bring in a company to build plant and they get basically tax free status for 10 years or more. Happening all over. Might as well internationalize it. Here in Western Washington, Boeing was a fixture. Over the last few years they've moved their HQ to Chicago, and much when they ramped up production, they opened a plant in South Carolina to take advantage of tax breaks and their "right to work" status. Then, they threatened our state gov't to move the whole shebang and got another sweetheart tax deal to stay here.

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So, can every company expect government "incentives" whenever they want to re-locate overseas? [View all] Yavin4 Nov 2016 OP

They've been doing it for years interstate... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #1

Sure. Companies expect them these days, and cities all over the place MineralMan Nov 2016 #2

Based on the current stock market, Wallstreet is pretty much banking on these incentives... Johonny Nov 2016 #3

Other countries do, which is why they leave. B2G Nov 2016 #4

This is nothing HassleCat Nov 2016 #5

Your right on the money. Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #6