On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Victoria Heller wrote:
Why weren't the same arguments made for Target Corporation, Ryan Construction, Allina, Sears, Cherryhomes & Minn, Dick Brustad, George Sherman, Hunt & Gregory, CSM Corporation, and an endless list of tax avoiders also known as non-Profiteers, etc. etc.?
Here are some previous posts that appear to me to have a tone critical of the public assistance these organizations and individuals received. These may not be the strongest examples out there, but they illustrate a general attitude. I'd search for more, but the interface is slow and I should be working:
Allina:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg26373.html
Target:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg22028.html (paragraph 7)
Brustad:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg20220.html
Brustad, Sherman:
Comparing Stadium Welfare to Corporate Welfare:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg25746.html
There were more I didn't get to look through. I'd say there are a number of people on the list who are critical or uneasy with many different forms of public money benefiting well-off private interests. You can count me in that category.
Terrence Asselin Kingfield
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