Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is 'crony capitalism'

We are living in world where Sarah Palin is the voice of reason. Think about that for a second.

 

Lawd....

 

For one thing, they gave them some tax breaks...a common ploy to keep businesses in an area. Oregon democrates do it to keep Nike and Intel in our area.

Secondly, he threatened to take away their big federal contracts if they didn't keep some of the jobs there. Sorry, don't see what's wrong with trying to protect the American worker. This is why people voted for him.

 

It seems very similar to the deal Coos County cut with the Bandon Dunes developer in Chicago. A 15 year deal with sweet hart tax relief. It was either that or no development so they did it.
It adds what ever it adds to the County revenue, and it does not hurt the school district, because the State calculates what the per student expenditure level is going to be, and fund the school district to that level after deducting local revenue. What ever the big golf destinations pays in is more than it would be with no deal.

 

Not sure what the big deal is over the $7 million in tax relief. Look at the big picture.

The jobs pay $30+ per hour.
The jobs pay $62,400+ per year.
He saved over 1,000 jobs.
That works out to over $624+ million in taxable revenue, per year.

The govt will recoup the $7 million in a couple of weeks.

Or am I missing something, besides the politics involved.

 

I am waiting to see how Trump and his bright boys fix the real problem facing industry in this country. Look at Carrier, paying $30 bucks and hour to union employees. Industry all over the country
are faced with the same problem trying to compete with countries where unions may not hold enough power to force high wages for their members if the union would even be permitted to form in the first place. I heard the wage for making the Carrier furnaces would be around $9 buck in Monterey.

So more has to happen, Trump can threaten tariffs, but that isn't going to be a real fix. The question is what will level the playing field?

 

No, it is just Democrats bitching, taking the contrary position.

 

Oh come now dog, don't scoot you're arse raw on the rug! I think Palin probably got a No on the position she wanted.

 

Well I looked at your dog avatar and it made me think of a dog scooting himself across the floor, So it seemed right to say so.
But to tell the truth, I also had thought posted a response to your post above Saying the same thing I did about Palin. I guess I failed t hit the go button or something. Given that,
Post #11 seemed totally odd so you got my thoughts about the scoot.
My error for dropping a post, and failing to keep up. I could blame the lousy cold I have, but I may not improve when it's gone.

 

Basically, who cares what Palin thinks? I never thought she was an important player EVER in politics.

 

Having her spout a Democrat position does not help her. Some how I don't see Trump giving her much of anything. I know I am not impressed to see her as the person to straighten out the VA.

 

"Idiot," isn't the word that springs to mind.