[TenTec] Fw: Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Great response.

Spoken as a true Southerner,   No Apologies.
73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil" <chacuff at cableone.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge


> It's sad the stereotypical view some have of the Deep South.  Quality of 
> life is just fine...in fact you don't even know what you are missing.  We 
> may talk a bit slow but are educated just the same.  We don't drink the 
> kool-aid much...usually it's just sweet tea.  Don't much believe in big 
> government and the over taxation that goes with it.  Small business is 
> alive and well.  We find honor in "In God We Trust" and our Constitutional 
> Rights.  We enjoy the smell of barbecue cooking on the grill and burning 
> gunpowder....
>
> No apologies..
>
> Cecil
> K5DL
> Gulfport MS
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On May 18, 2014, at 10:22 PM, "Jack Emerson" <w4tje at wiredog.com> wrote:
>>
>> How does the kool-aid taste?
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: kris merschrod
>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 10:07 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge
>>
>> Being a New York Upstater I feel compelled to comment.  These so-called
>> business appreciated states based on taxes miss the boat from a citizen
>> perspective - quality of life, quality of education, health services 
>> covered
>> etc.  Most of the low tax states are the "Welfare states"   That is, 
>> those
>> states that mooch off the tax paying states for highways, federal 
>> subsidies,
>> etc. In most towns in NYS state citizens are starting businesses and
>> carrying out business because the entrepreneurs like living there and or 
>> use
>> the natural resources from there and, and this is a big one,  the 
>> citizens
>> are educated and skilled.  The system of colleges, tech schools, etc. are
>> supported by the taxpayers.  Yes, many industries folded as the off 
>> shoring
>> took place and also the moves to the south before then (many of those 
>> carpet
>> baggers then went to South American and then the Far East).  Big business
>> and multinationals will always shift their taxing location, but real
>> American entrepreneurs work from home for their communities.
>>
>> Kris KM2KM
>>
>> MERSCHROD
>> 123 Warren Road
>> Ithaca, NY 14850
>> Skype: Merschrod
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of mcelmer1
>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:30 PM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge
>>
>> The least friendly state for businesses  is:
>> New York's neighbor, New Jersey is the only state that has a more 
>> penalizing
>> tax system, coming in as the worst in the nation for business.  New 
>> Jersey
>> receives this title due to their uniformly high rates in most tax types.
>> The state received poor ratings in corporate income tax, personal income
>> tax, and sales tax.
>>
>> California is #49, that is right behind (or is that in front of?) New 
>> Jersey
>>
>> Source: Tax Foundation. And the above is only the taxes paid by a 
>> business.
>> Income taxes in New Jersey are the third highest in the nation. 
>> California
>> is the highest.
>>
>> Or perhaps I misread the charts. Mild memory loss, language disorder on 
>> this
>> end.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> W8TRN
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John F." <k4avx1 at windstream.net>
>> To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 18:05
>> Subject: [TenTec] Fw: Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge
>>
>>
>>> I heard they were both moving to CA or NJ to avoid high taxes.:-)
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