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Old 01-13-2012, 12:55 PM
 
Location: GA
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Gov. Deal: Georgia close to landing megaproject - CBS Atlanta 46

I have no clue but if this is out my way, I'd like to sign up.

Then he goes on about wanting to tax online purchases. Leave us online shoppers alone buddy.
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/1651...nline-shopping
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Old 01-13-2012, 01:43 PM
 
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Gov. Deal: Georgia close to landing megaproject - CBS Atlanta 46

I have no clue but if this is out my way, I'd like to sign up.

Not sure if this is it or not...


Volkswagen could consider Atlanta expansion - Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Old 01-13-2012, 01:45 PM
 
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Gov. Deal: Georgia close to landing megaproject - CBS Atlanta 46

I have no clue but if this is out my way, I'd like to sign up.
It's really anybody's guess at this point. The Atlanta Business Chronicle (linked above) seems to think it might have something to do with VW. After all, Porsche is putting their new HQ near the airport, VW has a factory nearby in Chattanooga, and the companies have talked of merging. It might be a package deal with the VW American HQ plus an Audi factory.

However, I wouldn't bet on that. VW relocated recently to DC (from Detroit) and has a magnificent new office there. Seems a bit wild for them to move again. But anything is possible.

Still, it would have to be bigger than just VW's headquarters. Based on the way this has been billed, it would be a bigger feat than the NCR move (which was office + manufacturing).

A Google campus would be pretty huge.

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Then he goes on about wanting to tax online purchases. Leave us online shoppers alone buddy.
Deal considering adding sales tax to online shopping - CBS Atlanta 46
I disagree. Online companies have enough advantages as it is, and not having to pay sales tax just makes it that much harder for local retail to compete. It's like we're subsidizing out of state business at the expensive of local business; just a crazy sales tax exemption.
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Old 01-13-2012, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Columbus,Georgia
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You dummies,this project is about passenger train that would go throughout Georgia.
In cities like
Columbus
Augusta
Savannah
Macon

that would lead up to Atlanta.
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Old 01-13-2012, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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My God! I'm so sick of Georgians moaning about taxes. Do you ever want this state to transform from a poor backwater embarassment to a real contender with the other top 10 most populous states? Jesus.

It takes money to build roads, infrastructure, higher speed rail. America rose to become #1 by innovating, investing, building.

This whole HOT lane ridiculousness is BECAUSE Georgia isn't collecting anywhere hardly enough money to build new roads to accommodate 10 million people. The HOT lane concept was the lame "fix" to hopefully provide some freakin way for you to drive somewhere without any new roads being built.
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:06 PM
 
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I disagree. Online companies have enough advantages as it is, and not having to pay sales tax just makes it that much harder for local retail to compete. It's like we're subsidizing out of state business at the expensive of local business; just a crazy sales tax exemption.
I was thinking about the justification for no tax. I mean, if I buy something through the mail, I don't pay sales tax for that do I? Or are companies required to mail a tax to the state?
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:10 PM
 
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My God! I'm so sick of Georgians moaning about taxes. Do you ever want this state to transform from a poor backwater embarassment to a real contender with the other top 10 most populous states? Jesus.

It takes money to build roads, infrastructure, higher speed rail. America rose to become #1 by innovating, investing, building.

This whole HOT lane ridiculousness is BECAUSE Georgia isn't collecting anywhere hardly enough money to build new roads to accommodate 10 million people. The HOT lane concept was the lame "fix" to hopefully provide some freakin way for you to drive somewhere without any new roads being built.
Low taxes can be our niche. Besides, with each new person we have potentially a new taxpayer. I don't see why we should be pushing up the percentage amount of money government takes from each person.
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:11 PM
 
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My God! I'm so sick of Georgians moaning about taxes. Do you ever want this state to transform from a poor backwater embarassment to a real contender with the other top 10 most populous states? Jesus.

It takes money to build roads, infrastructure, higher speed rail. America rose to become #1 by innovating, investing, building.

This whole HOT lane ridiculousness is BECAUSE Georgia isn't collecting anywhere hardly enough money to build new roads to accommodate 10 million people. The HOT lane concept was the lame "fix" to hopefully provide some freakin way for you to drive somewhere without any new roads being built.
+1

The state needs more money. If we can get a few tens/hundreds of millions of dollars per year by taxing online purchases, I say go for it.
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:13 PM
 
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I was thinking about the justification for no tax. I mean, if I buy something through the mail, I don't pay sales tax for that do I? Or are companies required to mail a tax to the state?
Actually by law you're supposed to pay use taxes on any and all items you purchase; online or by mail doesn't matter. The difference is that YOU are responsible for paying the tax, rather than the merchant, and nobody ever actually pays the tax.
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Old 01-13-2012, 03:35 PM
 
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If it's anything like the NCR deal, you just need to look for a company falling 20 or more spots/yr on the F500 list (NCR's fallen to 469 from 391 since '08) and hemorrhaging cash helps too. If it has an incumbent CEO, even better since the heat will be on to save his golden parachute. The more distressed the company, the more likely they'll do some hail mary deal that disrupts business. Face it, no top name company is moving to Georgia w/o crazy expensive incentives. Auto plants are a bit different but they're blue collar/low paying jobs and it seems our 1 shining example helps Alabama more than it helps us despite having poured half a billion dollars into it.

I'm all for development but guaranteeing a company positive cash flow for a decade isn't quite the role the state should be taking. It's corporate welfare at its best and downright bribery at its worst. All companies will take such subsidies (just good business) but not all companies base their every decision on it. Short of building a new Google office complete w/ a room full of Stanford PhDs we have a tough go at luring many tech companies here. We have tech workers but not that many of the type they're looking for. Most of them graduate and head out west anyway.
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