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DELL can and will walk away with no penalties
It is a very common story, but never visible to the taxpayers: companies get big tax breaks and seed money to locate in a particular area, then walk out of the deal the moment something changes or they lose a little money. There are enough weasel-words in these contracts that the companies can walk away, and the taxpayers are left holding the bag.

What can a city council do? Sue in court, but it takes big legal resources and years or decades for a case to come to trial. Most of the time, the elected officials have changed by then, and the incoming ones find it easy to blame the losers and cut the losses.

It is a lose-lose situation to go to court: it reminds the constituents that a bad deal was made (even if it was by the previous administration) and if they lose in court then the failure is blamed on the new people, not the old ones who made the bad deal.
Posted by: terry flores   Posted on: 09/05/08  (Edited: 09/05/2008 @ 07:42) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Rubbed up the wrong way?  johnfenjackson@... | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  Larry Dignan ZDNet Moderator | 09/05/08
Fear not  johnfenjackson@... | 09/05/08
I hear you Jabil HQ in flo - rida !!!!  FedoraCore6User | 09/05/08
When you lose a hand on quality control...  bjbrock | 09/05/08
Just following the same path as ....  ShadeTree | 09/05/08
Fear not  johnfenjackson@... | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  CattleProd | 09/05/08
Hmmm  FedoraCore6User | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  Loverock Davidson | 09/05/08
Naive  Anton Philidor | 09/05/08
DELL can and will walk away with no penalties  terry flores | 09/05/08
And this bothers you why?  B.O.F.H. | 09/05/08
Correct, however...  phatkat | 09/05/08
Sure they can  frabjous | 09/06/08
That doesn't matter  914four | 09/08/08
Distinguishing a product  Anton Philidor | 09/05/08
No sale  johnfenjackson@... | 09/05/08
Demand-driven market  Anton Philidor | 09/05/08
excellent  conobs | 09/05/08
Anton, you got it  theo_durcan | 09/05/08
agree  conobs | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  BobWarfield | 09/05/08
Good sign  johnfenjackson@... | 09/05/08
Sad but inevitable...  dunn@... | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  drobison@... | 09/05/08
Good riddance Dell  rosanlo | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  ceh4702 | 09/05/08
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RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  FedoraCore6User | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  FedoraCore6User | 09/05/08
To My fellow Americans...  Smart_Neuron | 09/05/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  lherrin@... | 09/05/08
Dell actually has any quality?  clasys@... | 09/17/08
More...  clasys@... | 09/17/08
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Alienware  TrackStar1682 | 09/05/08
sad but true  conobs | 09/05/08
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Yep  ksarkies@... | 09/06/08
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Another nail in the coffin of America's economy  croberts | 09/07/08
RE: End of an era: Dell may dump its factories  dfarrich@... | 09/08/08
Bad for everyone, even stock holders...  Narg | 09/08/08
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