Comments on: Am I Blue? http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Michael http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Michael Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:41:00 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/#comment-5 Meanwhile, welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! Meanwhile, welcome to the wonderful world of blogging!

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Bryan Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:31:00 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/#comment-4 I have watched this process repeatedly all over the country: huge tax breaks and benefits for corporations and they leave after a few years. A local small business can't even get a sign variance, much less traffic lights, road improvements, and tax deals. Dell would be a good fit, but Michael Dell isn't the guy who used to take your call when he was selling out of his dorm room. The corporation is only concerned with its own bottom-line. I have watched this process repeatedly all over the country: huge tax breaks and benefits for corporations and they leave after a few years. A local small business can’t even get a sign variance, much less traffic lights, road improvements, and tax deals.

Dell would be a good fit, but Michael Dell isn’t the guy who used to take your call when he was selling out of his dorm room. The corporation is only concerned with its own bottom-line.

]]> By: andante http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-3 andante Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:54:00 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2004/11/21/am-i-blue/#comment-3 <I>"reducing the risks for corporations and transferring the cost to small business and the consumer"</I>Dell is planning to build a factory in our area, which is a good news/bad news situation. We can certainly use the jobs; our textile, furniture, and tobacco industries have taken terrible hits. On the other hand, the state and county governments are falling all over themselves offering "incentive packages" to lure Dell to their county. If Dell pulls out some day, a lot of taxpayers will be left jobless AND holding the proverbial bag. When there's a well-educated and trained job force just waiting for a company to hire them, abundant land, decent educational system in place, interstate highways going east-west and north-south, an adjacent airport with a (planned) FedEx hub....it seems to me the company should be delighted to locate here without having to be bribed. Come to think of it, maybe they should pay US for the privilege. “reducing the risks for corporations and transferring the cost to small business and the consumer”Dell is planning to build a factory in our area, which is a good news/bad news situation.

We can certainly use the jobs; our textile, furniture, and tobacco industries have taken terrible hits.

On the other hand, the state and county governments are falling all over themselves offering “incentive packages” to lure Dell to their county. If Dell pulls out some day, a lot of taxpayers will be left jobless AND holding the proverbial bag.

When there’s a well-educated and trained job force just waiting for a company to hire them, abundant land, decent educational system in place, interstate highways going east-west and north-south, an adjacent airport with a (planned) FedEx hub….it seems to me the company should be delighted to locate here without having to be bribed.

Come to think of it, maybe they should pay US for the privilege.

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