Posted on 07/13/2014 5:01:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
but why does Texas want to spend tax dollars on bringing these companies here? That is hypocritical. I oppose corporate welfare, period.
If it makes sense for them to move their business here, then they can do it without welfare.
Yay Mossberg
Its called the freemarket
It’s the way things are done in all 50 states and internationally. If Texas didn’t play the game they’d lose out.
One of my oldest and dearest friends lives in Robertson County--DEEP in the heart of Texas. I visit her frequently.
LOVE it there! I feel very much at home.
a shame. CT was the heart of precision mfg in the US once upon a time.
Mr. niteowl77
Just as Michigan was once the center of large scale automotive and other manufacturing.
How is there a free market if taxpayers are footing the bill?
There. Fixed it. You can bet that it is only a matter of time before the suits, shirts and ties follow the production lines.
Because the taxpayers of Texas benefit by having jobs move to Texas. Even with the breaks its a net increase in tax revenue.
“but why does Texas want to spend tax dollars on bringing these companies here? That is hypocritical. I oppose corporate welfare, period.
If it makes sense for them to move their business here, then they can do it without welfare.”
I’m guessing by the way you wrote your comment you’re not from Texas? If correct, why do you care what Texas does? God Bless Texas
Call it paying forward. It expands the working tax base spreading out to more so each pays less. What problem do you have with paying less because more contribute?
consider it a signing bonus, a moving stipend, etc. texas will still collect sales taxes and eventually other business taxes when these temporary incentives run out.
I am not from Texas, but got here as fast as I could! God BlessED Texas.
Come on down, Mossberg, Y’ALL! :)
lifelong Texan
I’m surprised they are not moving their headquarters as well.
Why stay in New Haven?
The family that owns the company probably has deep roots there.
Sigh... from 1998 to 2004 I was fortunate enough to live in Texas. I lived on Padre Island (North part near Corpus Christi). What a pleasure that was.
While we were there we bought a house, a boat an RV and a cargo trailer and each time we made the offer and when it was agreed we shook hands and that was that. It was a pleasure doing business with people who had a sense of honor and what was right and what was wrong.
It was worth putting up with the heat and humidity but I still wonder, before they invented air conditioning, how Texans reproduced during the sweaty season.
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