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one thing i'll say about the carrier deal is that the business press has been brutal about it....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Dec 2 '16, 09:56

bloomberg, the wall street journal and the financial times have been savaging that thing all week

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So, the going rate is $700 per job year...wonder what parent company contracts were in play. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:21 1
- $700 per job per year is cheap for this sort of deal - US states routinely pay out more in incentives and special tax breaks to attract investment - Roger More Dec 2, 10:51
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- some, but it's more mostly objections that it's terrible policy and precedent....nm - x Dec 2, 10:19 1
  - and the wsj did outright call it a shakedown....nm - x Dec 2, 10:27
- it's a key point -- nm - decline Dec 2, 10:13
Also interesting the people at the Carrier rally from the part that is losing its jobs holding up signs saying "What about our jobs". - pmb Dec 2, 10:00 1
- The honeymoon will end, and Trump will have to go back to blaming Muslims and immigrants. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:04
I want to know what company will be next -- nm - amoxy Dec 2, 09:57
FT is interesting, because that's been the direction the UK is heading in as well. -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 09:57 1
- yeah, the ft seemed to be objecting to some deal the uk made with nissan....nm - x Dec 2, 10:03

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