... unless it's corporate welfare we're talking about. That stuff's okay.
Big surprise that WMC just loves the idea of a county initiating a sales tax solely for the purpose of turning the revenue over to the skilled extortionists at Mercury Marine. So Merc joins GM and Citibank and a boatload of other companies that can't hack it without being propped up by government money. Pathetic.
The real tragedy here, as noted over on OWN, is that backwards communities like Fond du Lac have allowed themselves to become so dependent on a single employer that when the employer says jump, the community has virtually no choice but to capitulate. The people in charge of Fond du Lac County should be ashamed that they've allowed things to deteriorate to this point.
"We spend tax dollars on a lot of things that are less important than job creation," said James Buchen, vice president for governmental relations at Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, a business lobbying organization. "At least in this case, (taxpayers) know what it is going for."
Big surprise that WMC just loves the idea of a county initiating a sales tax solely for the purpose of turning the revenue over to the skilled extortionists at Mercury Marine. So Merc joins GM and Citibank and a boatload of other companies that can't hack it without being propped up by government money. Pathetic.
The real tragedy here, as noted over on OWN, is that backwards communities like Fond du Lac have allowed themselves to become so dependent on a single employer that when the employer says jump, the community has virtually no choice but to capitulate. The people in charge of Fond du Lac County should be ashamed that they've allowed things to deteriorate to this point.
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I figured there had to be some reason why Merc stayed and will even move their Oklahoma jobs here: We'll be forking over more tax dollars than Oklahoma would have. Who says we can't compete with those other states?
Amazing WMC will always be the voice of business and is unending need for greater profits. I wonder why no Democrats work there. Long live the Wisconsin Business Council.
Of course the entire amount of funding from the county & city is in the form of a loan - the amount tied to the # of employees retained/added minus for those lost. And of course said loan must used for new engine development, relocation to Fondy and retirement for the union employees. And if they move, they must pay off the loan immediately. But those are just details - actual facts about the county package. You know, things that should just be ignored if they don't fit your agenda.
Wonder what the state paid, because the county portion is not remotely up to the what Merc would've gotten for moving to OK. Either the state paid up bigtime or Merc really did want to stay in Fondy.
Buchen should go back to sleeping with Tom Brady.
Or do I have the wrong person?
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