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NewJeffCT

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25. Mass spent about $200 million to get GE

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:05 PM

Dec 2016

I think it ended up being over $200,000/job. While 200 jobs will move from Connecticut, there was nothing in the agreement stopping GE from moving the other 600 promised jobs from other locations in Massachusetts. The other 600 people at the Fairfield, CT location will be moving to nearby Norwalk, CT.

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Report: Carrier will keep just 850 US jobs, get $700,000 a year in tax breaks [View all] deminks Nov 2016 OP

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