County wants Wal-Mart to get state aid (Florida, $3M in Corporate Welfare)

[JCMach1]

County wants Wal-Mart to get state aid
By DeShayla Bryant-Palatka Daily News

PALATKA — Putnam County commissioners voted Tuesday to ask Florida to designate the proposed Wal-Mart distribution center in South Putnam as a qualified target industry — a designation that would qualify Wal-Mart for state economic development incentives.

“This is to get us in line and notifies the state … (Wal-Mart) … may be coming to them for money,” said Commission Chairman Brad Purcell. Wal-Mart continues to face the land use and zoning approval process, he said.

The county’s resolution was recommended by Wes Larson, president of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. The amount of state incentives would be based on the number of jobs Wal-Mart creates...

Woodward said, if approved, Wal-Mart could gain $3 million in state tax rebates... http://palatkadailynews.com/articles/2006/11/29/news/news03.txt

FARK THIS CORPORATE WELFARE... THIS IS MY HOME COUNTY BACK IN THE STATES, BUT ALL FLORIDIANS SHOULD COME OUT AGAINST THIS! WALMART NEEDS NO TAX BREAKS FOR GOD SAKE!!!!

[Swede]

1. They need the money.

Forbes magazine top 10 richest American.
(All figures in American Dollars)

1. Bill Gates, $51 billion, Microsoft
2. Warren Buffett, $40 billion, Berkshire Hathaway
3. Paul Allen, $22.5 billion, Microsoft
4. Michael Dell, $18 billion, Dell
5. Lerry Ellison, $17 billion, Oracle
6. Christy Walton, $15.7 billion, Wal-Mart
7. Jim Walton, $15.7 billion, Wal-Mart
8. S. Robson Walton, $15.6 billion, Wal-Mart
9. Alice Walton, $15.5 billion, Wal-Mart
10. Helen Walton, $15.4 billion, Wal-Mart

[JCMach1]

2. Thanks will put that in my Letter to the Editor

it's all I can do from this distance...

[berni_mccoy]

3. OUTRAGEOUS! Wal-Mart NET PROFITS over $10 BILLION / year

There is NO EXCUSE for ANY STATE to give Wal-Mart $ to operate and/or create jobs.

[JCMach1]

6. Not only that the LOCAL property tax breaks... this one of the most impoverished

Counties in Florida...

[anotherdrew]

7. what do they do with the profits? where is all that money going? n/t

[berni_mccoy]

8. See post #1 above... to the owners and shareholders

[L0oniX]

4. "the number of jobs Wal-Mart creates" WTF

Like anyone can make a living by working for them ass carrots.



:wtf:

[Dr.Phool]

5. That's on top of the Medicaid their employees will get paid

by the state, because Mall-Wart doesn't pay them anything.

[fishnfla]

9. David vs Goliath

They are putting this dist. center out in the middle of nowhere. The few and far between locals have nothing with which to fight....the locale bumps up against our county and there are concerns here of the heavy truck traffic

[w4rma]

10. There are companies out there other than China-Mart that they could go to.

Companies that are run much more ethically and that will have a *positive* effect on that community.

Especially with a $3 million dollar subsidy.

[JCMach1]

11. Also, the crap is sold at robbery prices in the US

We get this stuff direct over here and most of it is 1/2 to 1/10th the cost you would find in a US Walmart!

Walmart fleeces America in EVERY way possible...

[praeclarus]

12. a must see documentary....

... "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price"

It'll make you gag. Wal-Mart should get no
subsidies of any kind from any level of government
in this country.