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chuckie512 t1_j13yto5 wrote

Remember we paid shell to build this plant. They're not going to worry about fines that'll never catch up to the amount of subsidies they've received.

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pedantic_comments t1_j15mm39 wrote

That’s the real kicker, innit? What could the commonwealth have done with $1-$2 billion besides bribe a fossil fuel company?

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Rook22Ti t1_j140xes wrote

I hope the jerbs have good health plans. People are going to need them.

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DudeBroManGuyFellow t1_j1427pp wrote

Lol, that place is 90% automated.

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321fishing123 t1_j1481g6 wrote

It is. Only about 500 jobs for a facility that stretches across almost 2 miles

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Rook22Ti t1_j14cfdz wrote

JERBZ!!!! WE NEED SUBSIDIES TO CREATE JEEEEEEERBZ

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chuckie512 t1_j14lolb wrote

Wait, I thought the current problem was no one wants to work?

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Rook22Ti t1_j14v00d wrote

Well sometimes it's about people wanting to work for a living wage, sometimes it's about nobody wanting to work. Sometimes it's just about spewing VOCs for profit.

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chuckie512 t1_j14w5db wrote

I agree, I was just making a joke.

No one wants to work, there's vacancies everywhere, but these 600 jobs are critical to the economy.

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Equivalent_Alps_8321 t1_j169jv8 wrote

it was 100% paid for by taxes?

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pAul2437 t1_j16lj0s wrote

This is extremely misleading. They got tax credits

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pAul2437 t1_j16lg3a wrote

They were tax credits. So same amount of taxes received as if they didn’t build it

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