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Old 03-15-2023, 12:04 PM   #5261
Northendzone
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame View Post
More importantly, how do you feel about corporate welfare?
generally not a fan; however, i recognize that there are generally large dynamics and politics in play which really complicate the issue. I'd assume in this case St. thomas was a smaller city that was used to having a many locals employed by a company that paid well and presumably this plant will pay at a similar scale

also seems greasy that VW was subsidy shopping playing many places off of each other - but seems to me that Amazon did a similar thing and I guess if you are a CEO looking to expand, why not try to get the government to foot the bill and offset your risk
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