Comments on: Gee, I wish I were a business http://scvtalk.com/2009/10/06/gee-i-wish-i-were-a-business/ a blog for SCV nerds by SCV nerds. Blogging Santa Clarita daily since 2006 Tue, 22 May 2012 23:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cash http://scvtalk.com/2009/10/06/gee-i-wish-i-were-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 cash Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:03:58 +0000 http://scvtalk.com/?p=369#comment-1773 Who!!!!!! not How!!!!!!!!! Who!!!!!! not How!!!!!!!!!

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]]> By: cash http://scvtalk.com/2009/10/06/gee-i-wish-i-were-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1772 cash Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:03:17 +0000 http://scvtalk.com/?p=369#comment-1772 Question? Does the EZ have a requirement that a new position has to be created and filled to take advantage of the taxpayer money, or can they layoff an employee, sign up for the EZ benefit and they rehire the employee. How is responsible for auditing what businesses are doing? Question?

Does the EZ have a requirement that a new position has to be created and filled to take advantage of the taxpayer money, or can they layoff an employee, sign up for the EZ benefit and they rehire the employee.
How is responsible for auditing what businesses are doing?

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]]> By: Need for Involved Citizenry http://scvtalk.com/2009/10/06/gee-i-wish-i-were-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 Need for Involved Citizenry Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://scvtalk.com/?p=369#comment-1763 At some point, the non-business owning citizens in Santa Clarita will wake up and realize that the bulk of the time the City Council has been giving them the short end of the stick. The bulk of the sales tax revenue the City receives comes from its RESIDENTS, not its businesses. Seeing firms like WalMart or Valencia Acura take advantage of the Economic Zone tax benefits makes one question how leveraging this program really is. If the City wants to throw away money (whether it is theirs or the States), why don't they better target companies and institutions that can provide the mid to high income positions that are so dearly needed in the SCV. Jumping up and down and saying "we have a 21 point plan" and "we are the most business friendly community in So Cal" has to date been mostly ineffective outside of perhaps perhaps firms like Boston Scientific (but not Princess Cruises, John Paul Mitchell, etc who employee mostly lower level folks). At some point, the non-business owning citizens in Santa Clarita will wake up and realize that the bulk of the time the City Council has been giving them the short end of the stick. The bulk of the sales tax revenue the City receives comes from its RESIDENTS, not its businesses.

Seeing firms like WalMart or Valencia Acura take advantage of the Economic Zone tax benefits makes one question how leveraging this program really is. If the City wants to throw away money (whether it is theirs or the States), why don’t they better target companies and institutions that can provide the mid to high income positions that are so dearly needed in the SCV.

Jumping up and down and saying “we have a 21 point plan” and “we are the most business friendly community in So Cal” has to date been mostly ineffective outside of perhaps perhaps firms like Boston Scientific (but not Princess Cruises, John Paul Mitchell, etc who employee mostly lower level folks).

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]]> By: spineflower2 http://scvtalk.com/2009/10/06/gee-i-wish-i-were-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 spineflower2 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:46:38 +0000 http://scvtalk.com/?p=369#comment-1746 Voters don't elect City councilmen, businesses do. So of course the City is friendly to businesses. Maybe I'm nuts, but it would be nice to see the City brag about how it is good for PEOPLE instead. And mean it. Voters don’t elect City councilmen, businesses do. So of course the City is friendly to businesses.

Maybe I’m nuts, but it would be nice to see the City brag about how it is good for PEOPLE instead. And mean it.

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]]> By: cash http://scvtalk.com/2009/10/06/gee-i-wish-i-were-a-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 cash Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:26:14 +0000 http://scvtalk.com/?p=369#comment-1700 Jason's thought that a business hires just to be hiring is not supported by fact. Businesses hire not to be nice, they hire because there is a business need. That need is generally made necessary because the business is selling or producing more widgets and needs more people to handle the growth. Smart business looks to technology to handle growth before they consider hiring people (sad but true). I suspect if the taxpayers are going to pay the salary via the EZ, said low paid employees can stand in the corner for all the business owner cares. It is too bad the City in not able to tap the EZ, perhaps we would not have to see Ferry sweeping the streets or see other services reduced and project postponed. The more we are burdened with higher taxes (thanks to programs like the EZ) and higher cost for good and services, the less likely growth will occur. The growth in new home construction and and inflated home prices was the economic engine that made dollars available for consumers to purchase good and services; creating growth in many ways. Before that it was the technology boom. I ask you what is today's economic engine? I think the hope is that government stimulated green energy policy will provide that engine. We'll have to wait and see if green works and if it does it will probably be years in development. Meanwhile, at some point Ken will have to back away from his tax give away plan and he'll have to use our tax dollars as they were intended to be used. Jason’s thought that a business hires just to be hiring is not supported by fact. Businesses hire not to be nice, they hire because there is a business need.
That need is generally made necessary because the business is selling or producing more widgets and needs more people to handle the growth. Smart business looks to technology to handle growth before they consider hiring people (sad but true). I suspect if the taxpayers are going to pay the salary via the EZ, said low paid employees can stand in the corner for all the business owner cares. It is too bad the City in not able to tap the EZ, perhaps we would not have to see Ferry sweeping the streets or see other services reduced and project postponed.

The more we are burdened with higher taxes (thanks to programs like the EZ) and higher cost for good and services, the less likely growth will occur.

The growth in new home construction and and inflated home prices was the economic engine that made dollars available for consumers to purchase good and services; creating growth in many ways. Before that it was the technology boom.

I ask you what is today’s economic engine? I think the hope is that government stimulated green energy policy will provide that engine. We’ll have to wait and see if green works and if it does it will probably be years in development.
Meanwhile, at some point Ken will have to back away from his tax give away plan and he’ll have to use our tax dollars as they were intended to be used.

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