What about these gifts to Toyota

Hachiroku ãƒ�ãƒ�ãƒ*ク wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:10:18 -0500, Tim wrote:
>
>> I don't think this is a loan, is it? It is giving Toyota the money to
>> pay these workers wages for 7 or 8 years, from the taxpayer and workers
>> themselves. This is what has to stop.
>
>
> It's called getting the manufacturer into your area. See, they aren't
> dumb. They know that 4,000 underemployed people put more of a drain on the
> system than giving the manufacturer a tax break. it works well because
> instead of having 4,000 people making minimum wage, paying taxes at the
> minimum wage rate, and often asking for assistance such as fuel assistance
> or Food Stamps, you now have 4,000 people paying IN taxes at a higher rate.
> While they may not be making as much as if they had 4,000 people paying
> higher taxes AND a corporation paying taxes, they are still coming out
> ahead.
>
> This is where 'trickle-down' works. Now you have 4,000 people with REAL
> wages and more disposable income, so more people are going to open shops
> in the area, and again the 'lost' taxes are more than compensated.
>
> So, they didn't really give anything away. They're probably laughing their
> asses off at Detroit.

So you pay $250,000.00 per job? So you use taxes to pay the wages from
which taxes are then deducted.
You must be an economist.