There is an article recently posted on the local Fox News web site that explains how the multi-national (most profitable company ever) electronic engineering tycoon, Apple, decided that they were going to build a new facility here in Austin that would employee nearly four thousand people (http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/money/Apple-to-Add-3600-Jobs-in-Texas-with-State-Help-20120309-ktbcw). This is exciting news, surely, except for the fact that this company, who's budget knows no bounds, was possibly, only interested in opening a facility here in Austin because they were offered money by our governor Rick Perry? Certainly the 21 million dollars that this company will receive from the tax payer's from this state, to in all likely hood, simply just apply for the opportunity to do business here, will do a great service to all the unemployed and underemployed folks here in this state. From now on, assuming that Apple not just takes this money from our state, but actually opens a facility here, we will be able to almost touch the incredibly miss-valued engineering before we send it over seas to produce an incredibly over sought product possible of destroying lives on its way back to our vintage jean jacket pockets. All I am saying is,well... this shouldn't take a student to realize that we are not gaining anything from this form of representation. This blog is short, way too short. Actually the Apple logo is larger than the article. I think that this is the exact sort of "for profit" media and "for profit" representation that we have come to know and accept. The creator of this very simple blog probably meant nothing but to inform their most likely republican readers of the possibility of a big company showing in town and "creating" some jobs. But, in all reality, this very simple blog was a slap in the face to hard working tax paying blue collar citizens that just try and live their lives, while their governor gives away their hard earned dollars to companies that have not only seen made money off of our economic decline, but made record breaking profits..... I guess thats Fox news for ya.
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