Corporations - SquareOffs

Should local governments give big corporations tax incentives?

Asked by ABC 17 News

204 Votes

Should local governments give big corporations tax incentives?

37%

Yes Yes

63%

No No

37%

Yes

Unilever is seeking tax breaks for another expansion -- the second announced this year.

Unilever is seeking tax breaks for another expansion -- the second announced this year. Show Less

4 Comments

Vernon Taylor

Local needs are jobs.

Max DeYoung

Job that are not second jobs, at a restaurant just so people can get by.

Max DeYoung

The communities strength, is in the communities resources. It is far better to work for a secure employer.

Lida Vitt

If it brings jobs to local communities

63%

No

Critics point out that local tax breaks, often in property tax, take away from local needs.

Critics point out that local tax breaks, often in property tax, take away from local needs. Show Less

2 Comments

Evan Meeks

They are only adding 12 Jobs for this Tiff the company that can pay the City gives them the break but not the company's who really need it

Michael Ridenhour

Small business owners are more important as a state's tax incentive investment, especially since COVID-19 is still impacting locally-owned businesses. Tax incentives can identify locally-owned business success, and that identified success can attract the global exports, putting Missouri on the map.

What do you think of the Kroger-Albertsons merger?

Asked by KTVZ

661 Votes

What do you think of the Kroger-Albertsons merger?

41%

Feel strongly Feel strongly

59%

Don't care/no opinion Don't care/no opinion

41%

Feel strongly

6 Comments

Steven Huillet

This will lead to higher prices at the grocery stores since there won't be as much competition. Kroger will have an monopoly on the grocery market. Should not be allowed.

Pat Glandon

I don't like Fred myer, to big and for its size not much of a selection. I like Safeway the best because of variety. We don't need another big chain. If this merger is allowed all we have left is 2 big chain stores and prices will probably go up when they shutdown the smaller Safeway and Albertson