"Nice town you have here. It'd be a shame if something happened to it!"JoeMemphis wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 1:01 pm You proposed taxing people based upon the utilization of resources. My point is simply that these safety net programs/entitlement programs are for the benefit of us all. So every taxpayer and employer pays their “fair share”. If you want more, you should be willing to pay more. If you are not then I question your commitment.
Explain what you mean by extortion.
Remember that from the gangster era? That's what happens to towns and states that will be devastated when factories leave, factories the town was built around.
It sure as hell happened a lot in the NFL. The owner comes to the city or state demanding a huge new multi-billion-dollar stadium. If the people vote it down, they find a city or state that WILL build it for them, and they leave.
Same thing with plants. Some years ago, Boeing went to several states for a plant. They went to all of them, and they all made huge bids for that plant. South Carolina won.
That's nothing but extortion. And, if South Carolina don't KEEP paying, more and more, they'll find another state that'll pay even more. And the politicians that voted yes get LOTS and LOTS of campaign cash, and then seats on the Board of Directors when they leave office. Defense companies are full of generals that sent all the money their way.
I'm sorry, that's NOT business. It's graft and extortion.