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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (322468)1/23/2007 3:49:55 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1578933
 
Hey Ted, I thought this was interesting:

biz.yahoo.com

> Most of the jobs will be filled by local employees, according to Bullard. Initially, experienced workers from outside the area will relocate here, but they will mainly be used to train local workers who will eventually fill the bulk of the 1,200 positions at the site.

> Sen. Majority Leader Joseph Bruno made a brief appearance and got two standing ovations for his role in helping secure $1.2 billion that is being provided by the state for the project.

That amounts to one million dollars per job. Wonderful. At least this is high-tech, but I wonder how many businesses NOT on the cutting edge of progress get those kinds of subsidies. Oil companies, for one?

Tenchusatsu
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