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Nissan has already moved to Nashville, Tennessee a few years prior, in 2006. > All of the analyses show that business incentives are a suckers game--companies
by cnst 12y ago
Nissan has already moved to Nashville, Tennessee a few years prior, in 2006.
> All of the analyses show that business incentives are a suckers game--companies that move from incentives keep on moving every time an incentive pops up.
Which analyses? All of these are one-time incentives, and they require substantial investment from the company of their own funds, so, if anything, they simply offset the cost of moving.
Where do you expect they'll move to next, after Texas?
- muzz 12y agoIf an area actually provides a better environment for business, there would be no need to throw taxpayer money at businesses to attract them.
- cnst 12y agoAre you under the belief that everyone can just move between the states without any capital cost? If an area doesn't provide a better environment for business, no reasonably-available amount of taxpayer incentives would convince a business to move.
- muzz 12y agoDo you think that companies don't factor the potential costs when deciding where to locate and where to expand?
- bsder 12y agoIf Tennessee is willing to pay $200 million dollars, then they can have them. > The $197 million relocation incentive package Nissan received from Tennessee ... http://www.autonews.com/article/20140503/OEM/140509936/toyota-looks-to-nissans-move-%E2%80%93-with-some-concern http://www.autonews.com/article/20140503/OEM/140509936/toyot...