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Report: Texas looking to lasso General Electric's headquarters
Dallas Business Journal ^ | June 11,2015 | Candace Carlisle

Posted on 06/11/2015 6:07:48 AM PDT by Hojczyk

It appears Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown the Lone Star state's hat into the ring as a suitor for the headquarters of Connecticut-based General Electric, according to a report by Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

The news group obtained a one-page letter Abbott reportedly sent to General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt promising the company a smaller tax bill and lots of economic incentives

.In the letter, Abbott said he was sure governors throughout the United States were writing similar letters to Immelt after he spoke openly about his displeasure with Connecticut's proposed $700 million increase in taxes on businesses over the next two years.

"But how many of my colleagues just passed a total relief tax package of $3.8 billion like we did last week in Texas," according to the report. General Electric has formed an exploratory committee to look for alternate locations for its corporate campus. And if the committee looked in North Texas, they'd find plenty of options.

(Excerpt) Read more at bizjournals.com ...


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1 posted on 06/11/2015 6:07:48 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Jeffrey Immelt coming to Texas. What a treat. Sarc/


2 posted on 06/11/2015 6:16:15 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: snoringbear

Tell him to keep his yankee mouth shut and mind his manners.


3 posted on 06/11/2015 6:19:55 AM PDT by rrrod (Just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: snoringbear

Yes, that was my thought, too. Bring GE, ban Immelt.


4 posted on 06/11/2015 6:19:59 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: snoringbear

Lefties moving into Texas is Californication. Part of a ‘rat plot.


5 posted on 06/11/2015 6:20:29 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Paladin2

Ok, I’ve spotted the location for him. How about Mentone?


6 posted on 06/11/2015 6:24:11 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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Tell him to keep his yankee mouth shut and mind his manners.

Or what...you'll burn a cross on his lawn?

7 posted on 06/11/2015 6:28:04 AM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: Hojczyk

Not only your Southern border is being invaded now the Northeast wants to invade.


8 posted on 06/11/2015 6:36:45 AM PDT by McGruff (Never Forget)
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To: snoringbear

The great, undiscovered metropolis of Mentone, TX, one of my favorite places. Not during rush hour though.


9 posted on 06/11/2015 6:47:03 AM PDT by upchuck (Downsizing and decentralizing government is something the Republican establishment just wonÂ’t allow)
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“The great, undiscovered metropolis of Mentone, TX, one of my favorite places. Not during rush hour though.”

What three rattle snakes, two jack rabbits and six lizards?


10 posted on 06/11/2015 6:57:22 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Hojczyk
Trojan Horse. Get GE here and there will be unending demands for rentseeking crony accommodations.
11 posted on 06/11/2015 7:00:55 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: snoringbear

County seat and only town in Loving County. Drilled quite a few wells up the road north of town. Had a pretty good chunk of some kind of meat for dinner there at the restaurant one evening... I was desperate.


12 posted on 06/11/2015 7:21:32 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: SuzyQue

Bring GE, ban ANY liberal yankee, including Immelt.


13 posted on 06/11/2015 7:25:21 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Hojczyk

Immelt is a NWO drone and does what he’s told. He’ll stay in CT.


14 posted on 06/11/2015 7:54:08 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)
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To: mac_truck

Immelt shouldn’t be insulted?


15 posted on 06/11/2015 8:09:32 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: Jane Long

OK, but definitely Immelt.


16 posted on 06/11/2015 8:48:10 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Fai Mao

As of today, there are six jack rabbits. Rabbits being rabbits :)


17 posted on 06/11/2015 9:10:26 AM PDT by upchuck (Downsizing and decentralizing government is something the Republican establishment just wonÂ’t allow)
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To: mac_truck

You proved my point very well.


18 posted on 06/11/2015 9:36:59 AM PDT by rrrod (Just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: ansel12

For giving some thought to moving thousands of jobs to Texas?

No I don’t.


19 posted on 06/11/2015 1:28:26 PM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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So you decided to make a cross burning insult against a Southern freeper, because the freeper wanted him to keep his mouth shut and “mind his manners” if he moved to Texas?


20 posted on 06/11/2015 1:35:21 PM PDT by ansel12
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