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re: Exodus to Texas
Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:54 pm to Big12fan
Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:54 pm to Big12fan
quote:It's probably not necessary. Not a fan. But... Those incentives come with pretty strong hiring requirements. Quite a few companies didn't get to collect. I'll try to find the article I was reading the other day about it.
Looks like income redistribution to me.
Some give up the incentive when they adjust to the difference in productivity v. California and need fewer employees.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 5:55 pm
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Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:56 pm to Burt Reynolds
quote:
I feel sorry for anyone that has to move there
But there are a ton of "Free Palestine from those dirty fricking joos" signs everywhere. It's like your little Mecca.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:00 pm to Taxing Authority
Yea I've worked with people who left Cali 20 years ago in desperation fleeing the high cost of living, it's nothing new.
You see the movie industry forgoing Hollywood for places like New Zealand or Atlanta Ga., again, it has been for decades. The liberal hollywood types will go where needed to bring in a fat check. The writers guild strike screwed over enough people that they won't want to live through that anytime soon.
Meanwhile the socialist fascists like Obomba will try and kill any company tied to govt business from moving to an open shop state, (hello Boeing), and the idiotard Republicans will bend over and take in the rear like they are good at.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:00 pm to hillcountrywanderer
Bring the jobs. Leave the people. We will recruit our own.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:24 pm to LSUGrrrl
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Bring the jobs. Leave the people. We will recruit our own.
+1
Those who pulled the lever in favor of the big government politicians and their ideas in California need to stay there. Plenty of people in TX, LA and OK willing to take the jobs.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:34 pm to ragincajun03
I will say that it's interesting to see my little pocket turning so Libertarian so quickly. It's a nice break from the hard core "conservatives."
Posted on 7/30/14 at 12:42 am to Asgard Device
Any time a state government cuts taxes to entice businesses to relocate or open within their border, it's a great decision. Maybe our federal government will take a hint, but as long as we have democrats, we'll never really make any headway as a country.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 12:49 am to hillcountrywanderer
quote:
In lots of places in Texas, it's hard to live outside a church-going, football-loving, white, heterosexual lifestyle.
Holy shite this person has never been to TX
Posted on 7/30/14 at 1:54 am to TbirdSpur2010
quote:
In lots of places in Texas, it's hard to live outside a church-going, football-loving, white, heterosexual lifestyle.
Holy shite this person has never been to TX
It may be a little hyperbolic, but it does describe a hell of a lot of Texans.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 1:56 am to Jim Rockford
And in California, you get scolded if you hold the door for a woman, as it is seen ads "sexist".
Has happened to me twice here.
Has happened to me twice here.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 2:06 am to Jim Rockford
It describes a lot of America. In no way is Texas bigoted more than any other place. Especially with the diversity here, it's just ignorant to think that is true.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 3:15 am to C
quote:Sums it up perfectly.
it's just ignorant to think that is true.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 3:38 am to NC_Tigah
quote:
WELL, you must be an expert then. I guess I'll have to ignore things like economic data and demographics and listen to you.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:37 am to hillcountrywanderer
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--In California, billionaires get taxed more to pay for programs for the poor. In Texas the poor go without health care.
Wait, I thought Obamacare ensured that everyone would get healthcare?
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:37 am to Jim Rockford
quote:
It may be a little hyperbolic, but it does describe a hell of a lot of Texans.
What it describes is a helluva lot of folks in a lot of areas of the country, not just Texas.
Does the state have places like that aplenty? Sure.
Is it also pretty damn diverse and very accepting overall? Absolutely.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:46 am to C
quote:
It describes a lot of America. In no way is Texas bigoted more than any other place. Especially with the diversity here, it's just ignorant to think that is true.
I mean, for crying out loud, my old hometown (San Antonio, obviously) is like 60% latino...and not more than 30 minutes to the north is a huge fricking German community (New Braunfels). Keep heading north up I-35 and you'll hit a shitload of Czechs
The person who made that statement sounds like one of those people who asks me if I ride/own horses when they hear I'm from Texas--and is only half-kidding.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 4:52 am to TbirdSpur2010
I'm just saying if you're moving to Texas and have interests beyond Jesus, the Cowboys, and the deer lease, (and not necessarily in that order), you'll have to look around a bit to find likeminded people. Sure, downtown Houston is diverse, and that's great if you're young and single. If you're looking for an affordable, middle class place to raise a family, it's gonna be a whitebread suburb that's about as far from the Bay Area culturally as it is geographically.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 5:00 am to Jim Rockford
quote:You've never lived in Texas.
I'm just saying if you're moving to Texas and have interests beyond Jesus, the Cowboys, and the deer lease, (and not necessarily in that order), you'll have to look around a bit
Want to know how I know that?
Posted on 7/30/14 at 5:12 am to Jim Rockford
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hat's about as far from the Bay Area culturally as it is geographically.
sounds great to me - except for the geographic part. I love California's natural beauty.
I have recently moved to rural Texas from Louisiana. I have no idea if my neighbors go to church or atheist. I don't know if they are pro- or anti- homosexual 'marriage,' They all appear to be white or Latino. it is a quarter-mile to the nearest black neighbor.
I don't care about the demographics and apparently neither do the others here.
I love Texas. Live and let live.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 5:54 am to The_Hornet
quote:
Any time a state government cuts taxes to entice businesses to relocate or open
That comment wasn't about cutting taxes. I believe corp tax should be zero. What he was talking about was taking $40m from tax payers and giving it to Toyota to move some workers from Cali to Texas.
That, in fact, would be redistribution.
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