jhboricua
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Minneapolis, MN
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Re: More Taxpayer Fleecing
Oh please, spare us the rethoric and your so call 'outrage'. Government has wasted even more taxpayer money in incentives and tax breaks for incumbents all over the country on broadband promises never delivered. $800,000 is a speck of dust.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
| said by jhboricua  :Government has wasted even more taxpayer money in incentives and tax breaks for incumbents all over the country on broadband promises never delivered. There's a huge difference between a tax break and an outright payment by a government. Someone had to decide how to spend that money. Clearly, it should have been spent on something else.
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jhboricua
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Minneapolis, MN
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January 24th, @04:35PM
| said by pnh102 :There's a huge difference between a tax break and an outright payment by a government. When the reason behind both don't materialize there is no difference to the taxpayer. Except in this case the city can tell Arinc to get lost. They can't realistically to that to the incumbents.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
| said by jhboricua :Except in this case the city can tell Arinc to get lost. The taxpayers are still left holding the bag here. Where is the accountability?
said by jhboricua : They can't realistically to that to the incumbents. It shouldn't make any difference which company is involved here. If my town had spent $800K hiring Verizon to do the same thing and they screwed up, I would be just as shillful.
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
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Budd Lake, NJ
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said by pnh102 :There's a huge difference between a tax break and an outright payment by a government. Someone had to decide how to spend that money. No, there's not a difference when you're the taxpayer that's not getting the tax break (which is most people in this country). |
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Dilligas
join:2007-10-30
Windsor, ON | reply to pnh102
On the topic of wasted money by gov officials, lets see the IRAQ war! End of story! |
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