Discussion: US Steel Shouts Out To Trump's 'Strong Trade Actions' In Resuming Project

[Quote] add about 150 full-time workers.[/Quote] And it only cost how many jobs in industries that build stuff out of steel?

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AP article

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Sssh, you’re spoling the magic of the moment …

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The manufacturer also cited improving market conditions, union support and government incentives in a statement Monday.

Government incentives? That can’t be right. The government only causes problems. Keep your dirty government hands off my hot steel furnace (unless you’re giving me massive tax breaks).

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Every time I see him make his stupid thumb up pose it reminds me of my toddler when she’s playing work. That’s just what Trump does, he plays work.

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So Republicans believe in tariffs? Is there really anything conservatives can say they stand for now? Other than knee jerk opposition to anything Democrats stand for?

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The end result of the new plant will most likely be the permanent shuttering of the outdated plant in Granite City.

That plant should have been permanently shut down 20 years ago.

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Who taught him how to war a hat (or helmet)? He always has them crammed onto his head and pulled down past his eyebrows so they rest just above his beady little eyes. I can only guess that it is because he thinks he looks like a badass.

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Also known as corporate tax cuts which result in either (a) higher deficits and national debt, or (b) higher individual income taxes, both of which the GOP theoretically opposes.

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NARRATOR: US Steel is getting massive government tax breaks.

And unions, they don’t like unions either.

An image for the ages: Unsmiling fat guy in personalized hard hat and 50 yards of Italian wool in a factory. So much better than Winnie’s iconic V For Victory.

Darndest thing - Bankrupt farmers don’t buy tractors and other farm implements.

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The manufacturer also cited improving market conditions, union support and government incentives in a statement Monday.

Oh, so it wasn’t just the import taxes borne by 100 million importers and consumers of steel and steel-containing products? No amount of plebe money is too much to waste in support of Trumpp’s campaign.

Me? I’m betting on Donnie’s buggy-whip jumpstart program…

Surely their creditors will understand and work with them, maybe taking some soybeans in payment for a few months.

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That’s over $1.1 million in tax incentives from the state. It does not include county or local incentives.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/business/2019/02/state-contributed-11-million-in-incentives-to-fairfield-steel-project.html%3FoutputType=amp

That’s a piddling amount compared to the $14.4 million in incentives offered by the county. https://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2015/03/20/U-S-Steel-allots-278M-for-Fairfield-Alabama-mill/stories/201503200147