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Skittles

(152,967 posts)
18. Carrier is a fucking photo op
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 07:16 PM
Nov 2016

time to research their "managers" - I bet they got more payoffs than tax breaks

The ##Trumpeffect was to give away tax $. Not much of a DEAL for IN citizens! riversedge Nov 2016 #1
MSNBC is touting it right now yeoman6987 Nov 2016 #12
$700k/year is pretty small potatoes.... VMA131Marine Nov 2016 #2
That's Where I Went, Too ProfessorGAC Nov 2016 #4
Very simple, two things stevenleser Nov 2016 #15
Still Doesn't Pay ProfessorGAC Nov 2016 #22
It sounds like they are keeping all the white collar executive jobs here that they were going to TeamPooka Nov 2016 #16
United Technologies atreides1 Dec 2016 #28
Yes, I Heard That. However. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2016 #34
Mass spent about $200 million to get GE NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #25
MSNBC just said it is $7 million in subsidies csziggy Dec 2016 #29
That Still Seems Low But Makes More Sense Than 700k (nt) ProfessorGAC Dec 2016 #33
Over 10 years... VMA131Marine Dec 2016 #38
Yeah, but Drumpf gets to puff out his man boobs and pretend like ... 11 Bravo Nov 2016 #3
Fox News and Business channels are experiencing on-screen orgasms... yallerdawg Nov 2016 #5
yup, it was a lie that was propogated by the MSM of course. 2100 jobs were slated to go still_one Nov 2016 #6
Thanks Trump! Initech Nov 2016 #7
How fucking stupid is the media. This isn't news. Governors do this stuff all the time. RAFisher Nov 2016 #8
Campaign Issue erpowers Dec 2016 #36
how stupid do you have to be to fall for this ridiculous story Skittles Nov 2016 #9
Also, Skittles. . . ProfessorGAC Nov 2016 #10
Carrier is a fucking photo op Skittles Nov 2016 #18
Or... ProfessorGAC Nov 2016 #21
AND Carrier's parent company Are_grits_groceries Nov 2016 #11
Pretty much all companies the size of United Technologies do significant amounts of government work VMA131Marine Nov 2016 #20
This puppy was a pre arranged Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #13
The localities and the state SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #14
How so? katsy Dec 2016 #26
850 jobs SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #37
Not necessarily. Some states let corporations keep their employees' state taxes. subterranean Dec 2016 #30
K & R for exposure of another Don con. nt SunSeeker Nov 2016 #17
He is not in office and Congress would have to change the tax laws treestar Nov 2016 #19
Congress has nothing to do with state/local taxes n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #23
OK, so this is Indiana treestar Dec 2016 #32
These things never work well in the long run. Baitball Blogger Nov 2016 #24
More and More info that comes out shows how bad this "deal" was for America. rockfordfile Dec 2016 #27
$700K is not too bad - compared to NY & other states... jmg257 Dec 2016 #31
Kinda Thought That erpowers Dec 2016 #35
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