[Winona Online Democracy]
Title: Re: [Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years: Star Tribune Article
First of all huge companies with huge profits
like Walmart,etc should give their employees full benefits. I think it is
awful that they do not.
I am not the only one who thinks Signatures
should have paid for their own sewer lines. I am appalled that the
citizens of the city of Winona let that fly without a roaring fight. If there
were any comments or objections to the citizens paying for that sewer line I
never heard about it.
Yes, Menards,etc should have paid for the
dredging of Lake Winona. Why should the taxpayer get hit once again so a
huge profitable company can build a store and then we pay to shop there?
Was Lake Winona only dredged because it needed
to be for the Lake, or was it to provide fill for that east area so more
businesses would come to Winona? Winona really has nowhere to expand so
that big businesses like Menards and Walmart would/could come here.
I do not shop at Walmart very often, I oppose
what they do to their employees re no benefits and the fact that so much of
their 'stuff' is from China. Although we do go to Menards for building
supplies I don't like the fact that many of their products are also from
China. I read labels and if something is made in China I try not to buy
it, but then I am confronted with the fact that the same product made in the
US will cost me more.
It is a never ending circle. (or circus?)
Linda Fort
[Winona Online Democracy]
More or less I agree
with with Paul, though investments in projects that infuse effort into an idea
often percolates to even more energy. The Bearfest of Belfast,
Maine is an example where small government initiative grant monies were
awarded to increase tourism. From that the Bearfest was born.
Now a few years later Belfast Maine see an average of 26% increase in
business during the Bearfest creating jobs and economic
activity.
Similarly if this argument is to be carried on should
businesses be given tax break to afford needs and wants? Tax breaks to
companies like Wal-Mart who are subsidized with nice roads, sewer services,
tax relief only to import 80% of their product coming from China and hiring a
million workers in America to work for no or little health care, poor pay and
tremendous social welfare costs. Guess who pays for Walmarts
health care needs? The taxpayer since many of these employees
are not insured or are not afforded insurance if their partner happens to work
for a company that offers a better plan. Look at the state of West
Virginia Wal-Mart is one of the biggest tax burdens carried by those
citizens.
This is just one example and if I had more time I would
imagine other companies and some very close to home enjoy tremendous in-direct
or direct subsidies. I rarely use the road built down by Fastenal yet
this company uses it more than others - by far. Are we arguing then
that companies or businesses like Signatures, or Menards should retroactively
pay for the sewer lines or the dredging of Lake
Winona?
Kelly
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