Governments bother because the amount of money they bring in is more than the amount of money they give to wal-mart.
> -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart > > There's something called a clawback, where the corporation has to refund > part of the tax and asset incentives if it doesn't stay for a certain > amount of time. They instituted them around here after getting burned by > Philips Semiconductor. And yes, there are of course other corporations > that are not good neighbors -- Walmart is just a particualrly egregious > example, and offers such bad employment anyway that you ave to wonder why > governments bother. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192664 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
