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In response to "god I am a beotch today - if we can pay more insurance premiums than by god the corporations can pay their taxes - everyone must sacrifice -- nm" by Epiphany

Yet then the company leaves, goes to another state and those 6000 workers are out of jobs, homes, and not putting money into the local economy -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 12 '11, 08:43

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It's not that simple for a company to up and move and replace its employees - ty97 Oct 12, 08:48 6
- One of these days a city may actually force the company's hand. But so far, the companies always get what they want. - Jim Oct 12, 08:52 3
  - Just look at Los Angeles. Whether a city can weather the loss of a huge employer depends a lot on how diversified the local economy is. - con_carne Oct 12, 08:56 1
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  - I'm not against the concept of municipalities and corporations working together to mutual benefit, mind you. - ty97 Oct 12, 08:55
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- so what you do, as a municipality, is come up with an estimate as to how much it would cost them to move, and tax them $1 less. -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 08:49
or the company can make the sacrifice and stay and pay their taxes - be part of the solution - not part of the problem - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:46 4
- how many individuals are going to choose to voluntarily pay more taxes to be part of the solution? like 9 people? -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:47 3
  - we don't have a choice on paying higher premiums - they can bite the bullet - they are in a better position to do this - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:50 2
    - what i'm saying is, expecting corporations to be substantially more philanthropic than we ourselves would be is probably a waste of time. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:52 1
      - you are right - the whole thing is a waste of time - it's profits over state of economy - and THAT is never going to change -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:56

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