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Originally Posted by bwana_bob
...and that is when this thread lost all meaning.
Kerry, I think you give me too much credit. Blazerfan pretty well took this ship down several posts ago. The unflagging lack of enthusiasm for 1,200 new jobs - jobs that many of us might now want to take but - that will create 1,200 more wage earners spending money with your business or mine, sharing life on the tax rolls and otherwise contributing to the local economy, is mystifying (hence my Company X post). To guru's point, these are not designed for the top wage earner in most households but if this is all you can qualify for, it's time to get more qualifications.
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I couldn't agree more....
Everyone thinks that we should be going after gushy coportorate headquarter-type jobs only. I think that is a great idea, but it is not realistic. Do you think that every corporate execuitve wakes up in the morning and says about his or her respective hometown, "Good GAWD! This place SUCKS! Lets move the company to City X and spend millions of dollars doing so" I think peoples opinion in OKC about economic development is a bit warped by the influence of our neigbors to the south in Texas, who will gladly whore themselves out to get any sort of company. If they were to announce this thing in Michigain, Ohio, or some rusty old hamlet with 10% + unemployment, you wouldn't see folks complaining.
I think it great that people in OKC have high standards for the community, but the fact remains that this is 1,200 jobs we didn't have yesterday. No, it won't create any millionaires, but I think to whine about it is a bit petty.
Just my 0.02 for what its worth....