Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Cabela's massive tax breaks!


Not enough bang for buck - The Boston Globe: "The place was also built with $32 million in state and local tax breaks and grants.
Massachusetts may soon have not one but two of these monster outdoor megastores within five miles of each other. Cabela's and its archrival, Bass Pro Shops, are both looking to build on busy Route 1. One big difference between the two: Cabela's wants as much as $25 million in tax incentives and grants; Bass Pro Shops says it needs no such incentives at all.

Why does one retailer say it needs tax incentives to move here and the other does not? Because it thinks it can get them.
The two retailers have been playing this shakedown game all over the country as they expand out of their heartland base."
Didn't the "progressives" used to call this CORPORATE WELFARE? Watch your wallets, West Michigan taxpayers!

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