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To: tejek who wrote (607608)	4/13/2011 3:59:24 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1580415

..by poaching companies from other cities. And in that competitive environment, lower tax rates won't do the trick. Its American capitalism at work. They are poaching companies from other cities mostly with lower taxes (specific tax breaks for the company they poach). Instead of getting one specific company, communities, esp. large ones, would do better by effectively taking that tax break and spreading it more broadly. Don't attract one company, which may leave, or demand more not to leave, and which many not be the most productive investment for the area anyway; create a good climate for business to grow organically rather than as selected by the government. You expect the world to operate in what you consider to be an ideal fashion. Hardly. Its the fact that things don't work out in such an ideal way that's the main argument against these tax breaks. You keep saying "you".....I didn't create this environment Its a generic you. secure.wikimedia.org capitalism did Politicians did. "Your going to opt out of buying any product manufactured by a corporation? Good look with that." That's why boycotts have very little effect on corporations. By "any product manufactured by a corporation", I meant any product manufactured by any corporation, not any product manufactured by a specific corporation. Its much easier to do the later. The reason why boycotts usually don't work is that usually few people join the boycott, and even fewer strongly keep to it for any length of time. If a large number of people did join and stick to it, the boycott could be devastating. Even without an actual boycott shifts in consumer preferences have strong effects.