Texas: What a wussie "Oh don't leave me now businesses - I'll give you anything y'all want - let me lift my hem and drop my bloomers for y'all"
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Salty Jamie
Dec 8, 2012, 10:20:53 PM12/8/12
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Texas: What a whore!
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The New York Times
Sunday, December 2, 2012 -- 8:15 PM EST
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Lines Blur in Texas as Industries Seek Givebacks
Under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas offers more incentives to attract businesses than any other state, around $19 billion a year, an examination by The New York Times has found. Texas justifies its largess by pointing out that it is home to half of all the private sector jobs created over the last decade nationwide.
Yet the raw numbers mask a more complicated reality behind the flood of incentives, the examination shows, and raise questions about who benefits more, the businesses or the people of Texas.
In a state that markets itself as “wide open for business,” the lines are often blurred between decision makers and beneficiaries, according to interviews with dozens of state and local officials and corporate representatives.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/us/winners-and-losers-in-texas.html?emc=na
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Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Sunday, December 2, 2012 -- 8:15 PM EST
-----
Lines Blur in Texas as Industries Seek Givebacks
Under Gov. Rick Perry, Texas offers more incentives to attract businesses than any other state, around $19 billion a year, an examination by The New York Times has found. Texas justifies its largess by pointing out that it is home to half of all the private sector jobs created over the last decade nationwide.
Yet the raw numbers mask a more complicated reality behind the flood of incentives, the examination shows, and raise questions about who benefits more, the businesses or the people of Texas.
In a state that markets itself as “wide open for business,” the lines are often blurred between decision makers and beneficiaries, according to interviews with dozens of state and local officials and corporate representatives.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/us/winners-and-losers-in-texas.html?emc=na
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