WSJ: Carrier Will Receive $7 Million in Tax Breaks to Keep Jobs in Indiana

[FanboyOf91]

res ipsa loquitur

[mcsluggo]

On 12/4/2016 at 7:37 AM, FanboyOf91 said:

 

Plus, the WTO violations.

 

 

yes... i IMMEDIATELY thought of the Kirchners in Argentina, and Chavez/Madura in Venzuela...     

 

we know this economic model well.  we also know how well it ends up working 

[Destino]

I'm clearly missing something.  When I hear news of a billionaire right winger extending tax benefits to a specific corporation my mind does not go to Hugo Chavez.  

[LadySkinsFan]

Also, is he going to impose a 35% tariff on Trump products? I mean, fair is fair after all.

[mcsluggo]

picking winners, and saying that private sector firms will face punative taxes and fees if they try to invest overseas instead of at home doesn't make you think of Kirhener and Chavez...?

 

what DOES then?

[Destino]

10 minutes ago, mcsluggo said:

picking winners, and saying that private sector firms will face punative taxes and fees if they try to invest overseas instead of at home doesn't make you think of Kirhener and Chavez...?

 

what DOES then?

In Chavez's case it would take something drastic.  The guy is known for destroying Venezuela's democratic institutions and the nationalization of many businesses.  I just don't look at Trump and think "dangerous socialist." 

[twa]

36 minutes ago, Destino said:

In Chavez's case it would take something drastic.  The guy is known for destroying Venezuela's democratic institutions and the nationalization of many businesses.  I just don't look at Trump and think "dangerous socialist." 

 

Socialists and fascists are just opposite sides of the same coin.

I think they overstate Trump's excesses....but vigilance is good.

 

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVrwOPWI3E__qf7ZKrzFl826eJQIZ273NC4YpL6MRB_z65jXW2

 

[FanboyOf91]

 

[Dan T.]

So Ford, then Carrier, and now Boeing... how do free-market Republicans feel about a President-elect of the United States injecting himself into the business decisions of American companies on a case-by case basis?

[Larry]

7 minutes ago, Dan T. said:

So Ford, then Carrier, and now Boeing... how do free-market Republicans feel about a President-elect of the United States injecting himself into the business decisions of American companies on a case-by case basis?

 

Silly. They only complain when a Democrat is paying the auto industry not to go bankrupt. 

[PokerPacker]

47 minutes ago, twa said:

Socialists and fascists are just opposite sides of the same coin.

Two routes to the same destination.

[visionary]

 

 

 

[TradeTheBeal!]

51 minutes ago, twa said:

 

Communists and fascists are just opposite sides of the same coin.

 

 

 

Fixed.  You've lived in a Socialist nation your entire life.  Except for 2001-2008...that was fascism.

[twa]

2 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said:

 

Fixed.  You've lived in a Socialist nation your entire life.  Except for 2001-2008...that was fascism.

 

So it really is a Christian nation? 

[TradeTheBeal!]

5 minutes ago, twa said:

 

So it really is a Christian nation? 

 

Only from 2001-2008.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa

[visionary]

 

[No Excuses]

10 minutes ago, visionary said:

 

 

If the left had any coordinated media attack plan, you would hear about this for the rest of the year. Instead, it'll be old news tomorrow.

[twa]

7 minutes ago, No Excuses said:

 

If the left had any coordinated media attack plan, you would hear about this for the rest of the year. Instead, it'll be old news tomorrow.

 

Pretty sure Trump will say or do something else that will twist their knickers more than that soon.

Perpetual outrage 

[Hersh]

8 minutes ago, twa said:

 

Pretty sure Trump will say or do something else that will twist their knickers more than that soon.

Perpetual outrage 

It's not outrage nor amusing. It's just pointing out how much this guy doesn't really care about American workers. 

[twa]

5 minutes ago, Hersh said:

It's not outrage nor amusing. It's just pointing out how much this guy doesn't really care about American workers. 

 

Is it him or the folks that made the rules he operates under?

 

I'm amused at the outrage from those that enabled what he is doing.

[No Excuses]

22 minutes ago, twa said:

 

Is it him or the folks that made the rules he operates under?

 

I'm amused at the outrage from those that enabled what he is doing.

 

No one is stopping him from hiring Americans. Plenty in his business employ Americans for service industry jobs. Sure think some of those struggling rural Americans could benefit from working and not relying on government handouts?

 

Personally don't care who he staffs and I support his right to hire immigrants. I wasn't the one who ran on an anti-immigration, anti-globalization agenda. 

[FanboyOf91]

2 hours ago, Dan T. said:

So Ford, then Carrier, and now Boeing... how do free-market Republicans feel about a President-elect of the United States injecting himself into the business decisions of American companies on a case-by case basis?

 

[Larry]

3 hours ago, FanboyOf91 said:

 

 

. . . when a Republican does it.  

[visionary]

 

[Hersh]

21 hours ago, twa said:

 

Is it him or the folks that made the rules he operates under?

 

I'm amused at the outrage from those that enabled what he is doing.

 

I'm amused at how casually you dismiss personal responsibility.