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Letter to the editor: Stop subsidizing the rich

My letter to the editor of the Dayton Daily News: Enough is enough. The debate on where to place the blame on NCR leaving or job retention or creation has to be shifted to where it belongs: squarely on the shoulders of the politicians. Not because they didn’t do enough, but because they’ve been involved Read More

Tax dollars are tax dollars.

It’s as if a crime has been committed. Mike Turner, Jon Husted, John Boehner, Sherrod Brown all have their panties in a twist that “Federal Stimulus Funds” were used as part of the incentive package to poach NCR from Dayton to Georgia: NCR’s news release touting its decision to move jobs from Dayton to the Read More

Incentives are a zero sum game- unless you are a CEO or a politician

If we were in Georgia we’d be saying, our governor, sure did us a great favor- spending our tax dollars to bring that ATM/cash register company to our State. In Ohio, we have all the politicians saying “why wouldn’t they talk to us, boo-hoo.” Reality: Both States took a whupping. Georgia will find that in Read More

It’s time for you to do something about corporate welfare

Politicians make lousy venture capitalists. The idea that government incentives can keep, or bring jobs to a community in an auction which pits one community against another is insanity. I thought I’d share my thoughts on NCR moving to Georgia with you via video- please remember, no teleprompter, camera operator or edits- this is just Read More

Just remember how they spent their summer vacation in November of 09

While Dayton taxpayers are being asked to support yet another levy for the Dayton Public Schools, and our services are being cut, the three members of the Dayton City Commission up for reelection in November 2009 decided to take a little trip half-way around the world on your tax dollars: Taxpayers paid $10,000 airfare for Read More

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