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This doesn't seem like a great site anyway. The link to the WARN notice at the bottom doesn't work, they use the phrase "corporate welfare" somewhat excessively

This doesn't seem like a great site anyway. The link to the WARN notice at the bottom doesn't work, they use the phrase "corporate welfare" somewhat excessively, i.e. they definitely have an ax to grind, and they don't say if the site is actually shutting down or what proportion of the existing workforce 900 jobs is.

legitster 3y ago
> Michigan Capitol Confidential is the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports with a free-market news perspective. It's weird to me, even as a relatively free-market guy, that a paper dedicated to small government would be so firmly opposed to tax cuts. I wonder if the distinction between "corporate welfare" and "tax cut" is solely down to the administration responsible.
- oivey 3y ago
  It isn’t a tax cut. It’s a tax subsidy unevenly distributed to one company. Extremely not free market.
  - legitster 3y ago
    It clearly states several times in the article that it is a tax cut. And is there any evidence that it is unevenly distributed to one company? It seems like Michigan offers an open Express application program with clear requirements: https://www.michiganbusiness.org/pre-app/ https://www.michiganbusiness.org/pre-app/
    - oivey 3y ago
      Not once in the article does it mention tax cuts. It mentions tax abatements, which are very much not the same thing. Any abatement of this size is going to be inherently political. I would be surprised if someone at GM used this web form to put in a request, even.