Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains

mimo2005 · 03-25-2008, 01:37 PM

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Municipalities are permitting “tax increment financing” that allow the big chains “to keep the sales taxes that you are forced to pay at the tax register,” Johnston said on the television interview program Books of Our Time, sponsored by the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover and broadcast by Comcast.

“Instead of that money going to the schools and the fire department and the police department and the library, it is funneled through a mechanism of local government, usually a special authority, to finance the purchase of municipal bonds so that means that the wealthy underwriters and the lawyers and auditors all get a piece of this money to buy the land and build the store,” Johnson told TV host Lawrence Velvel, dean of the law school.

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/0...to-big-chains/

Corporate welfare sponsored by the guys who tells you that the reason why your taxes are high is because the "liberals" give the poor welfare. Give me a freaking break.

mimo2005 · 03-25-2008, 05:42 PM

"Subsidies do work when applied to research or infrastructure (according to the article). This means that if the government decides to say fund a DARPA project to connect computers together in some sort of network of networks, this subsidy results in a net benefit to the majority of people. Subsidising WalMart, on the other hand, does not benefit the majority of people but rather the Walton family."
Where are the guys , in this forum ,that always complain about taxes !

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What’s happening is wealthy families, the richest families in America, are getting welfare and they apparently have no shame about this.”

**Drew1369** · 03-25-2008, 05:57 PM

Do you think that we agree with this any more then you? You think this is a republican thing? The Demo's here in WA do the same thing and were doing the same thing when your champion Clinton was in office...

mimo2005 · 03-25-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Drew1369

Do you think that we agree with this any more then you? You think this is a republican thing? The Demo's here in WA do the same thing and were doing the same thing when your champion Clinton was in office...

It has been proven that the last 8 years were the worst in this matter , giving passes and bailing out corporate business. The greatest Corporate Welfare in the century.I don't think ,we will ever spend as much giving free money to businesses as we did lately , never ..ever.we reached new heights....

Tumbleweed36 · 03-25-2008, 06:44 PM

Uhhhh, excuse please, I have a question or two.

Isn't there more of this now (the past two years) than ever in the history of the USA? If the answer is no, then we are headed in the right direction. However, if the answer is yes, then where is the Democrat restraint since Congress controls the purse strings and must pass the budgets? They are in power in the house and senate, aren't they or am I missing something here?

mimo, you said you wanted comments....well, there it is!

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My actual opinon, this is not a Republican or Democrat thing, Congress is very irresponsible and spends money like it is going out of style. ALL OF THEM and every year!

mimo2005 · 03-25-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tumbleweed36

Uhhhh, excuse please, I have a question or two.

Isn't there more of this now (the past two years) than ever in the history of the USA? If the answer is no, then we are headed in the right direction. However, if the answer is yes, then where is the Democrat restraint since Congress controls the purse strings and must pass the budgets? They are in power in the house and senate, aren't they or am I missing something here?

Despite having never exercised his veto pen, and enjoying a Congress controlled by his own party in the first 6 years , today he vetoes everything that embarass his friends Lobbyists or his plans because the DEMS are back on the loop, thats why he should have been impeached .Bush is a criminal , corrupted guy . If you don't like it , well it is what is.

Back to this article :
In Soviet America, big business taxes government.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/200..._tax_on_us.php
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...t_savings.html

We don't really have that much oversight of government currently,and citizens have just about zero say when it comes to laws themselves.

**sobeit** · 03-25-2008, 07:15 PM

and I always wondered why politics are banned from most forums.

Now I know....

Tumbleweed36 · 03-25-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tumbleweed36

Uhhhh, excuse please, I have a question or two.

Isn't there more of this now (the past two years) than ever in the history of the USA? If the answer is no, then we are headed in the right direction. However, if the answer is yes, then where is the Democrat restraint since Congress controls the purse strings and must pass the budgets? They are in power in the house and senate, aren't they or am I missing something here?

Mimo, I wasn't looking for a political hack job and a dodge of the questions. I wanted some answers to these important questions. Can you answer them or not? No, I do not like the fact that Bush had some responsibility the past two years because he did not veto the Democrat spending proposals that were passed by a Democrat controlled House and Senate. That is a fact.

Tell me about the past two years of Harry Ried and Whatever her name is from California. Remembering of course that the Democrat majority controls congress and the budget final approval. The President only proposes budgets, and Congress alone must approve before a penny can be spent.

While you were at it, who in the House is the biggest "earmark" spender in the whole congress. I think he is a Democrat named......hint, he used to be in the military. You tell me who it is and what the Democrats have done to shut that down as they originally promised.

mimo2005 · 03-25-2008, 07:50 PM

I am not happy with this administration for the gazillions mistakes made and like i said on my earlier post :
We don't really have that much oversight of government currently,and citizens have just about zero say when it comes to laws themselves.Lobyism is a big part of the problem.

Donations or bribes ?

Tumbleweed36 · 03-25-2008, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mimo2005

I am not happy with this administration for the gazillions mistakes made and like i said on my earlier post :

Neither am I happy with some of the many mistakes. Just as I was not happy with many of the mistakes of Bill Clinton, Bush I, and the list goes on and on.......

We don't really have that much oversight of government currently,and citizens have just about zero say when it comes to laws themselves.

Boy, we can at least agree on that one....two times over! It almost makes one not to vote anymore. My wife and I just talked about that one today and it doesn't matter if your are a Republican or Democrat, cronyism runs the government.....and there is no patent on that issue.

Lobyism is a big part of the problem.

Donations or bribes ?

Call it what you want with either party, I call them BRIBES and do honestly believe that.

Have a great evening mimo.

mimo2005 · 03-25-2008, 08:10 PM

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Call it what you want with either party, I call them BRIBES and do honestely believe that.

Have a great evening mimo.

Thanks , have a great night to you too,

Did you watch tonights Pbs documentary part 2 ,: Bush's war" ?

03-25-2008, 05:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Drew1369 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 2,000 OS: Vista Business	Re: Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains Do you think that we agree with this any more then you? You think this is a republican thing? The Demo's here in WA do the same thing and were doing the same thing when your champion Clinton was in office... __________________ Marge: We wouldn't be in this trouble if you'd just paid the heating bill! Homer: I thought global warming would take care of it! Al Gore can't do anything right!

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Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 12,809 OS: XP Professional	Re: Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains Uhhhh, excuse please, I have a question or two. Isn't there more of this now (the past two years) than ever in the history of the USA? If the answer is no, then we are headed in the right direction. However, if the answer is yes, then where is the Democrat restraint since Congress controls the purse strings and must pass the budgets? They are in power in the house and senate, aren't they or am I missing something here? mimo, you said you wanted comments....well, there it is! Extra Note: My actual opinon, this is not a Republican or Democrat thing, Congress is very irresponsible and spends money like it is going out of style. ALL OF THEM and every year! __________________ ---------- Last edited by Tumbleweed36 : 03-25-2008 at 06:46 PM.

03-25-2008, 07:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
sobeit Mentor Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 3,710 OS: windows/linux	Re: Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains and I always wondered why politics are banned from most forums. Now I know.... __________________ Do not feed the trolls.

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mimo2005 Manager, The Relaxation Room/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10,388 OS: xp	Re: Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains I am not happy with this administration for the gazillions mistakes made and like i said on my earlier post : We don't really have that much oversight of government currently,and citizens have just about zero say when it comes to laws themselves.Lobyism is a big part of the problem. Donations or bribes ? __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo" Last edited by mimo2005 : 03-25-2008 at 07:53 PM.