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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 5:45am  
During June Town Hall, Obama Said Trump Could Do Nothing To Retain Carrier Jobs
 
"... how exactly are you going to negotiate that?
 
In the wake of Carrier announcing it would shift production from Indiana to Mexico, the president indicated that jobs leaving Indiana were part of a trend that could not be reversed. 4951
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Kdawg Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 6:02am  
Short term this looks good, but what could happen if more and more tax breaks are given to major companies? 800 jobs were saved. I guess I'm asking if the little guy has to cover a deficit? It looks like carrier has 1000k jobs in ny as well. Has trump done his homework on this. If it was that easy wouldn't other presidents have done this to keep companies from outsourcing? 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 7:37am  
more tax breaks
 
@Kdawg:
 
It was tax incentives, there maybe more to it than a simple tax break. But this one, at least my guess, was more a dog and pony show than anything. But least we not forget, 800 saved jobs, means no drain on unemployment, maybe food stamps and welfare, plus income tax, no losses on those jobs. 4951
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sweetie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 8:11am  
If these workers lost a job, they would have claimed unemployment which would've cost $20 million a year . It was estimated for the thousand people so he saved not only jobs but money. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 8:11am  
The re-circulation of monies these 800 will spend will more than make up for the amount lost through the tax breaks 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 8:52am  
Short term this looks good, but what could happen if more and more tax breaks are given to major companies? 800 jobs were saved. I guess I'm asking if the little guy has to cover a deficit? It looks like carrier has 1000k jobs in ny as well. Has trump done his homework on this. If it was that easy wouldn't other presidents have done this to keep companies from outsourcing?
 
@Kdawg:
 
Give Trump some credit. I am sure he has done his homework and probably knows more about making good business decisions than anyone on this board.
 
Obama didn't care enough to pick up the phone and call the CEO at Carrier. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 9:20am  
Removed By Request 4951
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ET Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 9:33am  
"The company confirmed on Thursday that it got a multiyear, $7 million package from the state of Indiana in exchange for keeping 1,000 jobs there"
 
Beats the alternative. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 10:11am  
Beats the alternative.
 
@ET: But that's not always the case.http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/28/under-pence-state-gave-incentives-companies-offshored-jobs/89260966/
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ET Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 10:44am  
That's a proper development of terms and an enforcement issue. If they within the terms of the agreement not much can be done.
 
Why politicians should not do business deals. 4951
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beastmode Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 1:42pm  
Whenever Obama opens his mouth assume the exact opposite. 4951
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AuthorMan Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 3:04pm  
There are many things that were defined by Obama as not possible but will miraculously occur over the next 8+ years.It is called knowing what and how to do things. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 2, '16 3:48pm  
Short term this looks good, but what could happen if more and more tax breaks are given to major companies? 800 jobs were saved. I guess I'm asking if the little guy has to cover a deficit? It looks like carrier has 1000k jobs in ny as well. Has trump done his homework on this. If it was that easy wouldn't other presidents have done this to keep companies from outsourcing?
 
@Kdawg:  Were you this worried about the BILLIONS squandered on Obama's crony's solar projects? Does Solyndra ring a bell? And that was just ONE company.I don't think other Presidents really cared all that much or thought that outsourcing jobs was going to, somehow, benefit Americans with cheaper products, maybe? I'm so glad Trump is a businessman. It seems he's confident enough to bring on very strong leaders as members of his cabinet. I'm impressed with that. As a leader and entrepreneur myself, I've always relied on the strongest voices possible, especially in areas that weren't my strengths.
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