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He'll just give coal a huge tax incentive like he gave Carrier. He has no problems spending other people's money to prop up market failures, especially when it
by omegaworks 10y ago
He'll just give coal a huge tax incentive like he gave Carrier. He has no problems spending other people's money to prop up market failures, especially when it makes him look good.
Just ask the creditors that funded his Atlantic City boondoggle.
- adventured 10y agoWhat huge tax incentives? $7 million over 10 years for 1,100 jobs. Those jobs are worth half a billion dollars in income over ten years. That income generates local, state and federal taxes and supports the local economy. If the pittance of $700k per year was a clincher, it's beyond a good deal in every possible regard.
- tasty_freeze 10y agoWhy didn't Pence do that years ago then? It also wasn't 1,100 jobs. And there is no promise that those jobs will remain for 10 years.
- 234dd57d2c8db 10y agoMaybe Trump is just actually good at negotiating like you'd expect a NY real-estate mogul to be. He might say dumb stuff but you have to admit, it isn't easy succeeding the Manhattan 5th ave. type real-estate.
- woodandsteel 10y agoThe problem is he is a real-estate mogul. Manufacturing is a whole different thing.