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Wed Jan 19, 2011 at 16:31:59 PM MST
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| Pulte Homes received $900 MILLION in stimulus funds as part of the economic package that prevented a near-miss with a new depression. This money was intended to hire or keep workers.
Pulte Homes is building all over Colorado, but protesters in DC say they haven't hired and instead have laid off workers: Shouting "Where are the jobs?" and "Where is the money?" the protesters from the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, many in overalls and helmets, said taxpayers have provided $900 million in tax breaks to Pulte with the aim of creating jobs. They said they haven't seen the results they were promised.
"Those tax breaks were supposed to create jobs," Wayne Peworchik, one of the protesters, said. "That was President Obama's and Congress's intent."
"Instead, Pulte laid off workers," Peworchik said .
When is enough enough for these big-time corporations? And if the government won't hold them accountable, how about we do?
(h/t FDL) |
| Zappatero :: Pulte Homes: layoffs instead of new hires after receiving $900 Million in stimulus |
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