Mark A wrote:
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hopefully you'll stay focused on this concept. It goes on constantly with
>> lots of businesses, including Wal Mart and others you're highly aware of.
>
> It happens with all business, depending on the size of the business and how
> many jobs, tax revenue, property tax revenue, etc it brings into the city,
> state, etc. No one is forcing the city or state to do this, but financial
> analysis shows that it is beneficial. You take a bunch of undeveloped land
> and make a factory or store, and now the property taxes or sales taxes being
> generated are huge, and offset the initial tax breaks or infrastructure
> development required (there would be zero taxes to give breaks on if they
> don't have incentive to move their business there). Then on top of the
> business by itself, you have the property tax and income revenue from the
> new employees, and then the multiplier effect of the money that they spend
> at other businesses.
>
> This is not about capitalism vs. socialism, this is about democracy versus
> totalitarianism. There are dictators like JoeSpareBedroom who want to tell
> other people how to run other people's city or state, even though he doesn't
> even live there. In a democracy, majority rules and if you don't like it you
> can move to the Peoples Republic of Berkley or some other suitable place
> that you will happier living in.
>

Still taxpayer funding. Is it as bad as a loan in poor economic times?
People seem to think it's just the Big Three that are asking for
taxpayer handouts.