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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 5:51 pm
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Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider
Interesting perspective in this article, on tax breaks given by local governments to businesses in order to attract/keep those businesses. It seems the cost to local tax payers is $80Bn annually, the benefit in return being very questionable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/us...ations.html?hp

I have no problem with businesses seeking good terms. I have a problem with local government officials not requiring anything concrete in return as an absolute minimum. I have a problem with officials who are in elected office for less than say, 6 years, accepting liabilities that may not kick in for 10+ years, without consequence. And I have a problem with the negotiations for these being effectively kept away from the public, who in the end are paying for them, on the grounds of commercial confidence (not letting competitors know the details etc).
I agree with Donald J Hill Jnr; tax money needs to be put into education, not businesses.
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 8:50 pm
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It's not just 1 or 2 corporate leaches - there's a whole industry sector full of them.

Scumbags? They're not worthy of even that label...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...p_ref=business
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 8:55 pm
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And perhaps a wrinkle on the Dems side? If true I am thoroughly disgusted...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...p_ref=business
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider
It's not just 1 or 2 corporate leaches - there's a whole industry sector full of them.

Scumbags? They're not worthy of even that label...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...p_ref=business
But like good drones, we should simply bow to and be grateful to our corporate overlords for being kind enough to provide us with jobs. Isn't that how it works?
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Ethelred_the_Unready
But like good drones, we should simply bow to and be grateful to our corporate overlords for being kind enough to provide us with jobs. Isn't that how it works?
Shuttup and drink the free booze I've kindly provided for the office Xmas party, pleb!
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:06 pm
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Some on this thread have suggested my initial posting was about jealousy.

It wasn't.

But this next bit, in part, is...

Being able to arrange my finances so that my net disposable income is bigger than it currently is, just like Starbucks and others do... I would like to do that... A lot. So I guess that is jealousy...

I'm also very peeved that this is happening...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...p_ref=business
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by JRG67
Shuttup and drink the free booze I've kindly provided for the office Xmas party, pleb!
Oh yes, after you cut my pay and slashed my benefits....further damage to my liver would not be advisable.
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:42 pm
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Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider
Some on this thread have suggested my initial posting was about jealousy.

It wasn't.

But this next bit, in part, is...

Being able to arrange my finances so that my net disposable income is bigger than it currently is, just like Starbucks and others do... I would like to do that... A lot. So I guess that is jealousy...

I'm also very peeved that this is happening...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...p_ref=business
Just do what the British aristocracy has been doing for years- marry an American Heiress (haven't you learnt ANYTHING from Downton Abbey??)!
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Ethelred_the_Unready
Oh yes, after you cut my pay and slashed my benefits....further damage to my liver would not be advisable.
Hopefully, you'll die from alcohol poisoning and then I won't have to pay your hospital bill!
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:45 pm
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Default Re: Utterly greedy f**kers??
Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider
Some on this thread have suggested my initial posting was about jealousy.

It wasn't.

But this next bit, in part, is...

Being able to arrange my finances so that my net disposable income is bigger than it currently is, just like Starbucks and others do... I would like to do that... A lot. So I guess that is jealousy...

I'm also very peeved that this is happening...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...p_ref=business
Starbucks must have the same spin doctor as Tony (Blair)!
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:50 pm
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Originally Posted by JRG67
Hopefully, you'll die from alcohol poisoning and then I won't have to pay your hospital bill!
You'd make a fantastic CEO with that attitude!
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Ethelred_the_Unready
You'd make a fantastic CEO with that attitude!
What makes you think I'm not???
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 9:58 pm
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Originally Posted by JRG67
What makes you think I'm not???
Your sense of humour (as in you have one) and your appreciation of nonsensical things such as culture. I dunno....
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 10:54 pm
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Your sense of humour (as in you have one) and your appreciation of nonsensical things such as culture. I dunno....
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Old Dec 2nd 2012, 11:00 pm
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Hey guys, it's lonely at the top! Us CEOs get a bad rap you know...
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