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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by omegaworks on Thursday December 15, 2016 @07:50PM (#13190165)
He'll just give coal a huge tax incentive like he gave Carrier. He has no problems spending other people's money to prop up market failures, especially when it makes him look good.

Just ask the creditors that funded his Atlantic City boondoggle.

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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by adventured on Thursday December 15, 2016 @09:06PM (#13190490)
What huge tax incentives? $7 million over 10 years for 1,100 jobs.

Those jobs are worth half a billion dollars in income over ten years. That income generates local, state and federal taxes and supports the local economy. If the pittance of $700k per year was a clincher, it's beyond a good deal in every possible regard.

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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by tasty_freeze on Thursday December 15, 2016 @10:25PM (#13190821)
Why didn't Pence do that years ago then? It also wasn't 1,100 jobs. And there is no promise that those jobs will remain for 10 years.
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by 234dd57d2c8db on Thursday December 15, 2016 @11:58PM (#13191188)
Maybe Trump is just actually good at negotiating like you'd expect a NY real-estate mogul to be. He might say dumb stuff but you have to admit, it isn't easy succeeding the Manhattan 5th ave. type real-estate.
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by woodandsteel on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:59PM (#13198678)
The problem is he is a real-estate mogul. Manufacturing is a whole different thing.
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