2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBoeing and Caterpillar both need perpetual tax payer subsidies.
Thank Hillary.
creeksneakers2
(7,476 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)The ones that they get tax breaks for to move overseas, or the ones left on unemployment because there are no more jobs in the US?
creeksneakers2
(7,476 posts)U.S. employment Boeing: 159, 469
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing#Employment_numbers
I can't find a figure for Catepillar but I don't believe the Export / Import Bank finances purchases of equipment made overseas.
By the way, no tax money goes to the Export / Import Bank. It is self funding.
KT2000
(20,587 posts)Having cities and states competing against each other to offer the greater subsidies. For that privilege all the taxpayers are stuck for the bills for their transportation infrastructures and services. It is always a threat to leave a state who does not pay up.
This does not even account for the federal subsidies.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)BreakfastClub
(765 posts)Broward
(1,976 posts)The people's champion.
amborin
(16,631 posts)but here is this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/business/economy/export-import-bank-general-electric-boeing.html
i don't know enuf about it