http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/12/05/hca-tax-breaks-breeze-through-metro-council Comments On: HCA Tax Breaks Breeze Through Metro Council by Steven Hale en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Kosh III]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:02:54 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by accipiter]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:10:18 -0600 Nashville Scene
Our system is fairly free, but it is not laissez-faire.

How is the Robber Baron period a straw man? It was used as a comparison.
Posted by AnglRdr]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:05:18 -0600 Nashville Scene
So do we live in a Free Market system or don't we? You're description of the Robber Barron period sounds just like our current system.
Posted by 44allin]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:36:27 -0600 Nashville Scene
Back in the days of the Robber Barons, the market was much more free than it is now (there were massive government incentives for building the railroads, but that's beside the point now). The losses were still public--workers were exploited, public land was befouled, wars were fought to benefit said barons, and the wealthy were made ever more wealthy.
Posted by AnglRdr]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:17:32 -0600 Nashville Scene Free market Capitalism=Private profits, private losses.
Posted by 44allin]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:14:06 -0600 Nashville Scene
I would suggest that those estimates in a business's proposal should also be binding--if the business fails to deliver on those estimates, they should then be penalized accordingly.

That way, taxpayers aren't the ones left holding the bag when expected returns do not materialize--the risk should be more equitably shared.
Posted by AnglRdr]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:48:33 -0600 Nashville Scene
I'm skeptical that this is a net revenue gain for the city.
Posted by bubbadog]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:58:05 -0600 Nashville Scene
The fact is that no true conservative supports the waste of Davidson County taxpayer dollars on corporations large enough to demand "incentives" that amount to the County government's choosing winners. Why would any conservative declare in favor of relieving a wealthy, powerful corporation from paying taxes, like property taxes, that 99% of County businessmen must pay?
Posted by Homero]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:44:11 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by ZenBattleCat]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:41:08 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Brent Legendre]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:56:08 -0600 Nashville Scene