During the successful bribing announcement today by Governor Easley that they FINALLY have a major non-state agency tenant at the Global TransPark, Easley said the Spirit agreement ... Keep Reading
corporate welfare
Corny Joke from the Onion
Greedy African children.-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
IBM: Pocketing Your Money
Gotta love the timing of the Triangle Business News when it hit my Google Reader today. First message: IBM wins NC incentive to add 600 Charlotte jobs.Very next ... Keep Reading
Skybus & Corporate Welfare
Chris Hayes's and my Skybus article is now on the Web.-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
Cone’s Local Economy, Our Tax Dollars
Ed Cone writes of our piece in the N&R this weekend, criticizing the Triad's Skybus fiasco: Thanks for the advice, fellas, your one-size-fits-all ideology is just so ... Keep Reading
Skybus: What the…?
Piedmont Publius is, perhaps, as confused as we are at the rationale behind central planners like Henry Isaacson o'er there in the Triad. Here's Isaacson - quoted by the PP - ... Keep Reading
Economic Incentives: Told Ya
Time to give up corporate welfare. Chris Hayes, I'm sure, hates to say he told ya so, but...-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
RIP Skybus
Skybus announced Friday night that it was ending operations. Loved this quote: "Their business plan had no chance of survival," said Michael Boyd, the president of ... Keep Reading
Unfair Competition?
Can you imagine if you were an existing business in North Carolina and the State used your tax dollars to recruit and subsidize your direct competitor to steal customers from you, ... Keep Reading
Skybus Cutting Flights
Skybus, the low-cost, no-frills airline that is set to receive nearly $10 million in state and local incentives, announced it is reducing its number of flights due to high oil ... Keep Reading
