Governor Easley "creates" jobs

Well, I guess that's not really news, is it? In this case, the governor is taking $1.52 million of money that people of North Carolina worked hard to obtain, and he's using it to bribe a business to come to North Carolina.

Oh, but he can't claim total credit for the "creation" of new jobs. You see The N.C. Department of Commerce, Guilford County, the City of High Point, the High Point Economic Development Corp. and the Piedmont Triad Partnership (ALL HUGE piles of taxpayer money) ALSO used truckloads of cash to bribe the business to relocate to North Carolina. But don't worry, it will create a whopping 200 jobs.

Because there are so many government entities involved, it will be impossible to determine the exact amount of taxpayer funds wasted on this bribery. Extremely conservative estimates would put the total at $200 million. For 200 jobs. Yes, the state of North Carolina just spend over $1 MILLION per person to create 200 jobs that pay an average of $33,695. And they think that it's a good thing.

This is your Democrat-led North Carolina government.

Posted by: Ogre at 12:03 PM

Comments

1 The average voter has the mathematics skills of a two year old. Politicians know that. Now you know it too.

Posted by: Weapon of Mass Disturbance at November 04, 2006 12:37 PM (x4Fjq)

2 Guess he's using a tactic that has been used by the democrats, especially Boucher, in Va for years. Use taxpayer money to bribe a company to set up shop in the state for three years and then move on. Offer them massive tax breaks and build them facilities. As soon as the tax break expires they move to N.C. or some other state that will give them the tax breaks. Never a permanent job, always temp's. The worst part of it is that the dim's are so stupid they don't see what is happening and won't believe it even after it happens over and over.

Posted by: Scrapiron at November 04, 2006 03:07 PM (0Co69)

3 And it's really in violation of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately, since all the governments are getting re-elected and bribed, no one will challenge this blatantly unconstitutional practice.

Posted by: Ogre at November 04, 2006 04:05 PM (196ug)

4 How do I sign up to get bribed?

Posted by: Michael at November 04, 2006 04:26 PM (pkkrm)

5 Get elected. Oh, and before that, you have to join the political party and go over to the dark side.

Posted by: Ogre at November 04, 2006 06:06 PM (196ug)

6 I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Getting the folks from the colonies to sit down and create the United States of America took a whole lot of effort, because -- they were all afraid of the very things our politicians today have made common practice happening, and wanted no part of any of it.

If those people had been given a glimpse of the future (of today), they would've simply said, "No, thanks" and gone their separate ways.

Posted by: Seth at November 04, 2006 11:25 PM (r1vdM)

7 Oh, absolutely Seth, without question. What we have today is absolutely nothing like what the founders ever imagined would happen.

Posted by: Ogre at November 06, 2006 12:24 AM (GPb4I)






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