Corporate welfare always begets more corporate welfare, ultimately at the expense of your liberty.
You might remember that in October 2021, Governor Bill Lee called for a special session of the General Assembly to make way for Tennessee’s largest-ever tax incentive program which amounted to almost $1 BILLION carved out for the Ford Motor Company. The promise, of course, was job creation. In Tennessee, we take your tax dollars […]
Economic development (as they call it) could be leading Tennessee towards the disastrous consequences of an industry doomed for failure.
We have been very vocal about the constitutional issues, amongst other problems, regarding our current state leadership’s drive to hand over our tax dollars to large corporations in the name of job creation and economic growth. The question we have posed is whether or not the state government should play a role in picking the […]
Is Tennessee putting its values on the altar of economic growth?
Pictured is Jim Farley, CEO of the Ford Motor Company Have you heard the mantra regurgitated in almost every press release of GOP establishment leaders? Or take a look at their Twitter feed lately? You’ll find the phrase, “we are pro-business.” And honestly, that sounds good, right? I mean, what conservative would be against business […]