tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post1392417923440556722..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: New York Lawsuit Challenges Corporate Welfare: Case Filed Today Seeks End To $1 Billion A Year In Business SubsidiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-68058368635807780342008-08-05T20:39:00.000-04:002008-08-05T20:39:00.000-04:00Westender --The businesses know they can get the m...Westender --<BR/><BR/>The businesses know they can get the money by threatening to move, downsize or not undertake a project. The government often acts out of what could be called a form of duress or extortion. It is sort of a shakedown scheme, but nobody pulls a weapon. The stadiums in Cincinnati were both subsidized for professional sports. Worthwhile projects? Is Ohio getting anything, really, from the Third Frontier investment?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-54489983759287495882008-08-05T18:13:00.000-04:002008-08-05T18:13:00.000-04:00Maybe it's a better system to have cash payments m...Maybe it's a better system to have cash payments made by banks, chambers of commerce and other business associations instead of governments.<BR/><BR/>Governments regularly offer tax abatements for economic development and expansion; the businesses should do the rest themselves.WestEnderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13170032373825704559noreply@blogger.com