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To: Professional Engineer

Corporate welfare.

2 posted on 08/04/2014 12:54:49 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)

To: Ray76

but all the employees will pay taxes and tourists coming to watch the launches etc

3 posted on 08/04/2014 1:03:54 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)

To: Ray76

Texas is offering more than $15 million in incentives to bring SpaceX's commercial rocket launch facility and 300 jobs to the Brownsville area.

Gov. Rick Perry announced the incentive package Monday for the project that is expected to bring $85 million in capital investment to the state.

Invest $15 million to make $85 million? Seems reasonable to me. And I would venture to guess that $85 million is just for starters.

5 posted on 08/04/2014 1:17:56 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)

To: Ray76

While true, the amount is a drop in the bucket compared to other incentive packages seen recently.

17 posted on 08/04/2014 5:26:30 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)

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