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CrispyQ

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1. Years ago Jim Hightower had a great article on how a corporation will get multiple cities/towns

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun Feb 13, 2022, 01:38 PM

Feb 2022

to bid against each other for their brand new facility. Each city bids higher & higher & offers more & more, but most of the time, the number of jobs promised at the wages promised never happens. A few people make a ton of money, but the community as a whole rarely sees much benefit.

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