Comments on Advance Indiana™: City-County Council Approves $30 Million Tax Abatement For Eli Lilly

Yes, our busy beloved U.S. Attorney, Joe Hogsett (...

2013-06-12T11:35:01.487-05:00

Yes, our busy beloved U.S. Attorney, Joe Hogsett (who could probably easily be elected Mayor of Indianapolis} should closely look into the behavior of our Councilors. I told my brother, Father Mike Barton, visiting from South Sudan, that I would vote for Joe.

I would have no problem with the city giving a $30...

2013-06-12T08:08:23.858-05:00

I would have no problem with the city giving a $30 million tax abatement to Lilly if Lilly were expanding and hiring more people. Instead, Lilly is cutting costs by employing less, and outsourcing the work to external vendors who turn around and offer work at cut-rate wages to some of the former Lilly employees. Meanwhile, Lilly has no new drugs coming to market, and has limited growth prospects. The only thing the $30 million might do is to prevent a hundred or so existing employees from getting laid off this year, but the layoffs are still coming.

I'm just waiting to find out how much in my home's property tax increase is going to be given to that new electric car program. Sounds like the city is already planning on paying for the required parking spaces which it leased out to the bogus parking company. Indianapolis, a city known for taking away from the residents and subsidizing business.

One more example of the Republicrat Party in Mario...

2013-06-12T06:48:22.493-05:00

One more example of the Republicrat Party in Marion County in action. No surprise this sailed through. Thanks to Brian Mahern for showing some backbone. I have never been fan of Tax Abatements. Placing this power in the hands of the Government is simply wrong. Either our system of taxes is fair or it is not.

Tax abatements and direct and indirect subsidies such as building stadiums from tax dollars should be illegal. It is IMO is discriminatory.

It appears to me that William Oliver may have comm...

2013-06-12T05:09:54.510-05:00

It appears to me that William Oliver may have committed a felony crime of attempting to solicit a bribe, or official misconduct. I wouldn't trust our (D) prosecutor to handle this one. It's time to appoint a Special Prosecutor!!!

When an elected official (D) is so confident of his corruption that a bribe can be solicited publicly, who should investigate???

"Good Government Hotline 327-2700"

I suggest Joe Hogsett look into this along with a State Special Prosecutor.

Good thing the council caved, or Lilly might'v...

2013-06-11T22:12:34.869-05:00

Good thing the council caved, or Lilly might've ditched its genetics in favor of 100% generics.

Oops.... they're already sailin' away... Arr Indy (R&D)- thar she goes!

Who was the genius in the city that told Lilly the...

2013-06-11T21:37:28.487-05:00

Who was the genius in the city that told Lilly they could build a building in the middle of Kentucky Avenue? That building killed that road. It used to be a major thoroughfare. Now there are parts of it where you could lay in the road and take a nap during rush hour.

That's some good free market going on there. T...

2013-06-11T20:51:50.723-05:00

That's some good free market going on there. They got them a regulatory system that keeps competitors out, they get free money from the public coffers, and they pocket the profits.

The "invisible hand," here is merely a first-rate pickpocket.

Oh, and they got Kentucky Avenue, a flippin' major street, outright closed and given to them.

Obama nailed Lilly(s) when he said, more or less, "you didn't make that." No, Lilly(s), you didn't. Nobody will have less ability to gripe about pharmaceutical price controls than Lilly(s).