“Are you OK with your local and state taxes helping these weapons industries?”
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“Are you OK with your local and state taxes helping these weapons industries?”
“Did the Board of Commissioners listen and act on behalf of their informed and passionate constituents? Not a chance.”
“Our local leaders are promoting the same old ineffectual solutions of accelerating economic growth for the rich, comfortable and politically powerful.”
“What tragic tunnel vision our elected officials and business leaders have. With their eyes set only on so-called economic development, they fail to see or act on the very real threats to our very existence on this planet.”
“Marrying one of the world’s biggest war corporations has consequences.”
“And we sure do not need to spend tax dollars to subsidize this Raytheon plant.”
No Buncombe County commissioners addressed why the subsidy was necessary for the company to make its investment during their Nov. 17 meeting. P&W is a division of Raytheon Technologies, a Fortune 50 company with approximately $10 billion in cash reserves.
“So come observe International Day of Peace Friday, Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. at the Elder and Sage Community Gardens on Page Avenue in downtown Asheville.”