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Old 01-16-2009, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselAddict View Post
That's not entirely true. In the South the local govts gave big tax incentives to foreign car makers to build factories there. It did cost a lot of taxpayer money but from everything that I've read it was a worthy investment as the local economies there were reinvigorated and even for the average Joe the standard of living went up significantly.
Exactly right. Also, this allowed the foreign car mfrs to continue to produce cars at prices below the cost of domestic producers, increasing their market share and ultimately driving the self-immolating dinosaurs and their union troglodytes into near bankruptcy.

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