Tag: incentives

RSVP today for upcoming Crucial Conversation lunches

September 10, 2012 at 7:47 amCategory:Uncategorized

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No single issue is more “front and center” in the modern political debate than the state of our economy. Among other things, North Carolinians want to know:

What, if anything, can policymakers do to stimulate growth and create jobs?

How can we assure that the price of economic growth does not involve worker exploitation?

To help address these critical questions, NC Policy Watch will hold a pair of special Crucial Conversation luncheons on back-to-back Thursdays in the month of September. Please RSVP and spread the word about these important events: Read More…

Not to be a spoilsport, but….

December 2, 2011 at 8:34 amCategory:Uncategorized

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Everyone knows this is a time in which jobs are at a premium and in which politicians and developers are happy to welcome just about any new business to their communities.

But, isn’t somebody going to mention the fact that Charlotte’s new big, new soon-to-be resident, Chiquita Brands International (aka United Fruit), is a corporation with a well-earned reputation as one of the most notorious and rapacious corporate exploiters in modern history?

Add to this the fact that to land the company, state and local officials had to ply it with public funds and lure it away from another American ”Queen City” in need of jobs and it’s enough to make the whole thing feel extremely dirty and distasteful.

Maybe “Chiquita” has mended some of its ways since the days in which its bosses were treating entire nations as play things, but if its most recently displayed willingness to extort public funds is any indication, it still has a long way to go.

Ridiculous blame game on failed incentives deal

October 6, 2011 at 5:20 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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You simply can’t read the details of the story (and associated documents and statements) of the failed ”Project Soccer” negotiations in which the Perdue administration and Republican legislative leaders attempted to coax (i.e. bribe) Continental Tire to locate a plant in Wilmington without wanting to throw your hands up in disgust.

The only thing that’s worse than the record of the whole sodid process is the absurd blame game that the parties are now playing. Especially high on the unctuousness meter: the holier-than-thou claims of Senate leader Phil Berger (who jetted off to China on a so-called trade mission in the midst of the negotiations) that he was shocked (shocked!) to learn that powerful insiders stood to gain from the deal. Read More…

Last call for tomorrow’s Crucial Conversation luncheon

August 30, 2011 at 10:11 amCategory:Uncategorized

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Today is the last chance to register for tomorrow’s Crucial Conversation luncheon with business incentives expert, Professor Kenneth Thomas.

If this story is any indication, this remains an area in which North Carolina desperately needs to hear (and heed) Thomas’ message of sanity.

Click here for more info.

Don’t miss our upcoming Crucial Conversation on business incentives

August 18, 2011 at 3:10 pmCategory:Uncategorized

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On Wednesday August 31, business subsidies expert and author, Professor Kenneth Thomas will be in Raleigh to headline an N.C. Policy Watch Crucial Conversation luncheon.

Thomas’ most recent book is Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of the leading experts on this most challenging topic.

Click here for more information.