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Dell closing Winston-Salem plant
[Raleigh] News & Observer ^
| October 7, 2009
Posted on 10/07/2009 12:53:24 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina
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Dude: You're getting a pink slip!
And N.C. taxpayers: See ya, suckas!
To: southernnorthcarolina
LOL. More chinese communists will have jobs. Yipeee
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posted on
10/07/2009 12:55:33 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: southernnorthcarolina
"Dude, you're getting gubment cheese!"
To: southernnorthcarolina
I don’t think Michael Dell has EVER built a plant unless he has strongarmed a sweetheart deal out of the local taxpayers.
He’s been doing it around here since... well, since he started in business.
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posted on
10/07/2009 12:56:53 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Well, at least the good citizens of W-S will have a lovely tombstone of a plant to admire.
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posted on
10/07/2009 12:56:59 PM PDT
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: library user
once he taxpayer benefit is gone they close the factory?
I dont blame him... business is business
He could do something better for PR- but the bottom line is the bottom line and government screwed with the market mechanics when they gave him a huge tax benefit
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posted on
10/07/2009 12:58:31 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Wow! This is devastating for that area! There’s going to be a ripple affect from this to all of the shops and jobs in the area that depend on the Dell plant for their own production. I remember the folks in NC moving Heaven and Earth to get that plant built there.
This is a bit of a shock, because it hasn’t been there very long at all. Not even 6 years, I don’t think.
Very sad news....
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posted on
10/07/2009 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: southernnorthcarolina
The CHINESE are LOVING it!
They're more than happy to do the manufacturing at a LOW price that American UNIONS will NOT allow!
Way to go Obama!!!!!!
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:00:52 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Hey NC, how is that Hope and Change working out for you? This must be the green shoots the administration was talking about.
To: KoRn
2005. So barely four years.
To: southernnorthcarolina
The state of NC bent over backwards to get Dell. They gave Dell every tax break possible and incentive they could think of. The whole project has been a failure. Dell never lived up to any of its promises of employment and such.
How about this: Quit giver incentives to attract businesses. Lower all the damn taxes for everyone and then you won’t need to give incentives.
The fact that you have to give incentives means that your taxes are too high.
IDIOTS.
To: Mr. K
He could do something better for PR- but the bottom line is the bottom line and government screwed with the market mechanics when they gave him a huge tax benefit Bingo!
It's ALWAYS a Bad Thing when a government grants an advantage or favor to a single company.
Make your city or state a nice place to do business (lower taxes, fewer regulations, better infrastructure) and let the companies take care of the rest themselves.
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:04:31 PM PDT
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Dell opened the assembly plant in 2005 and was offered a massive incentives package valued at $305 million if it met hiring and investment goals. Let me guess: The inventives expire on December 31, 2009. Now, why would I think that??
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:06:00 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Ain’t Socialism a bitch???
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:06:53 PM PDT
by
The Duke
("Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Democrat Party?")
To: CriticalJ
The fact that you have to give incentives means that your taxes are too high
Heckuva lot of wisdom in those 15 words. Too bad the politicians are too nuanced to understand it.
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:07:10 PM PDT
by
chrisser
(Tweet not, lest ye a twit be.)
To: CriticalJ
The state of NC bent over backwards to get Dell.Frontwards.
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:07:27 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
(Now with ConstructionCam! Click on my name and follow the progress.)
To: southernnorthcarolina
Have a Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:08:08 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
To: rocksblues
Not like most of these companies are not hiring, they are just not doing it here.
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:10:34 PM PDT
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: pissant
"More chinese communists will have jobs."
And fluffy new turbans as a bonus for Mujibur and Rajeef in Tech Support Mumbai to thank them for their loyal service.
Why anyone would buy a Dell is a mystery to me. Junky tacky crashy unreliable crap, in my experience, poorly supported by incomprehensible script-reading trolls.
To: southernnorthcarolina
Hmmm, so Dell got $305 million for a promise of 905 jobs for four years. My math works that out to $84,254 per worker per year. So Dell got NC to pay all of its salary cost (and then some). Wow. Just wow. NC got taken.
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posted on
10/07/2009 1:23:19 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's called the "Statue of Liberty" and not the "Statue of Security.")
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