Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert

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Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert
September 09, 2009 09:59PM

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A bottling plant in the middle of the desert? In the warped "pro-business" logic of a sprawling, bankrupt desert city in California, the plan made perfect economic sense.

http://www.alternet.org/water/142504/dr_pepper's_wet_dream%3A_water%2C_government_subsidies_and_transfer_of_wealth_in_the_middle_of_the_desert_/

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Frank Furter

Re: Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert
September 10, 2009 06:15AM

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These small communities have no BATNA and therefore will do anything to attract an industy under the illusion that big business will benefit the entire community. The tax breaks given in these situations mean that the residential property owners will end up paying for the immediate construction and the later infrastructure needs associated with the new business (whether or not the business survives). Detroit in the desert.

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