Charlotte may reverse its position that it only wants to grant tax breaks to companies that will relocate here that pay high wages (> $45k) – they may give Stanley Black & Decker $185k to move production from Mexico to an existing facility they already operate in Charlotte.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/2014\/01\/26\/4641752\/charlotte-to-consider-incentives.html#.UuaWGms8KSM<\/p>\n
The cynic in me says they are preparing for “immigration reform”, at which point they will import the workers as well. There are definitely areas of Charlotte with large groups of Spanish speaking immigrants who were not here 30 years ago – now competing for jobs and housing with the poorer people born and raised in North Carolina (also being squeezed out by the people moving here from New England and Chicago)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charlotte may reverse its position that it only wants to grant tax breaks to companies that will relocate here that pay high wages (> $45k) – they may give Stanley Black & Decker $185k to move production from Mexico to … Continue reading