"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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You're kidding, right? You think that the only money Boeing gives back
to
the community is the $100 million in wages given to new hires? What about
the people already working for Boeing who would have left the area if
Boeing
moved?

Uh, they're already gone. Boeing moved to Chicago, and the "new hires" are
about 1/30th of the number of folks that Boeing laid off here in the last
few
years.

Also, have you ever looked at a P&L? Wages make up about 1/5 of
total expenses.

Less than that, if you're got a clever Republican running the company. :-)

On top of that, there is a trickle down effect of the
people who work in jobs that service those 2000 people *and* the people
already working for Boeing.

That $3 billion saved your community. Without it, Everett/Mukilteo would
look like Allentown, PA when they were (to quote Billy Joel) "closing all
the factories down".

Bullshirt.

Take 1.5 billion of the same money,

How do you "take the 1.5 billion"? You don't have the 1.5 billion if Boeing
isn't there. It was in the form of tax incentives (ie--money they *would*
collect *if* Boeing stayed *and* they were taxed at the pre-negotiated
rates). If Boeing is not there, they don't pay the money anyhow...*AND* you
lose the benefit that you gain from having such a large employer in the
community.


You're putting me on here, right?