Looks like Papa John kept some of the state taxes paid by his employees in 2008

[KansDem]

If I read this correctly--

Papa John's International, Inc. Kentucky 2008 $22,235 training reimbursement
Papa John's International, Inc. Kentucky 2008 $7,000 training reimbursement
Papa John's USA, Inc. Kentucky 2008 $25,000 training reimbursement
Papa John's USA, Inc. Kentucky 2008 $100,000 training reimbursement

That's $154,235 for "training reimbursement" (at 14 cents a pizza, that's 1,101,679 pizzas)

This comes from Good Jobs First "Subsidy Tracker"
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker

Check out your favorite corporate-welfare king!

[Curmudgeoness]

1. That is a great link to have fun with.

I just spent way too much time over there. I need to come up with more companies to check out, because some of this is shocking. Check out Exxon.

I love when I find a link to good information. Thanks.

[KansDem]

2. You're welcome!

Check out Walmart! $5 million for just one location alone!

Walmart Nebraska North Platte 2011 $4,917,029 tax increment financing



Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, is a public financing method that is used for subsidizing redevelopment, infrastructure, and other community-improvement projects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Yes, I just learned about TIF's this year.

Kohl's is getting one for about half of that from a neighboring city, their school district, and the county here. They just keep bleeding us with new gimmicks.