It would probably take 10 years to recover that cost in taxes and other benefits. That's a long time to invest that much before making a profit. If it brought in a decent amount of subsidiary business maybe... Are they getting any substantial tax breaks on top of that $1B investment by the state of Kansas? I'm assuming they got tax breaks when I say it would take 10 years.
KC Star article indicated total cost to Kansas would be near $1.3M after all incentives and tax breaks. Looks like Oklahoma offered just under $700M. Would have liked to have seen it built in Pryor.
Yes. I would have prefered to have the plant and live with Stitt's bragging about it.
That won't cut the break even time much shorter. Only thing that would help is hiring Kansas/Oklahoma people to build the facility. I'm assuming they will have their own non local design on the building.
Sorry….that’s $1.3B total cost after incentives not million. Fat fingers.
Well, supposedly we are the new Cleveland - primarily a blue collar manufacturing city. So you would think that would be attractive. Perhaps there were concerns about pure #s of bodies available considering the workforce within an hour of Pryor.
That would be better.
The plant will likely also pay a lot into local and state taxes. Not saying that justifies the price tag, just that it’s where the government really decides how much of the bill they’re willing to foot.
Kansas is quite conservative but not run by the wackos.
Kansas much like Nebraska has serious socialist/populist leanings but not so socialist as to favor the current Democratic party...
They also gave us folks like Bob Dole, on the positive side. And Mike Pompeo on the negative side. Not sure how socialist they are anymore. Probably not so much.
Never thought much of Bob Dole.. he lacked the spine needed to stand up to people like the Clintons.. much like McCain, he was too worried about what the press thought of him.
Dole and McCain and George HW Bush are my favorite Republicans and the reason I stayed in that party my adult life until the rise of Trump in 2016. Voted about 50% Republican and 50% Democrat most of my life. Now days it is hard to vote for Republicans because they are too radical and, generally, arseholes.
One exception is GT Bynum. I keep voting for him. He seems level headed.
D, Mc, and HW are the country club Republicans that led to the rise of the current radicals in the party. Had those men actually been able to rally the base, they would have been elected.
You think you have ethics and standards. You are an odd bird. Hollow.
I left the GOP over the invasion of Iraq. The arrival of Trump and Trumpism sealed the deal. I have good conservative friends and family members around the country, who used to say that they didn't like Trump personally but they approved of his policies. Now we just avoid talking national politics to keep our friendships going. Discussions about local politics and issues are fine and are where we find a lot of common ground.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone who not only switches positions on practically every issue but blindly follows a political parties positions like WATU. Not only follows them but starts subscribing to media/internet sites which only provides as an echo chamber for said positions.
Thanks for posting that. It is interesting that we are a part of this. I'll have to look into the data they are looking at, and how they are coming to their conclusions.This is the kind of thing that gets me excited about supporting a politician.
22 mayors from North and South America join City Data Alliance to chart new frontiers for data-driven government
Bloomberg Philanthropies launches the City Data Alliance, which will empower cities across North, Central, and South America to discover what the next level of data-driven local government looks like.bloombergcities.jhu.edu
