12 February 2014 (14:43 UTC-07 Tango)/11 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/23 Bahman 1392/13 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

Time and time again, Idaho’s ‘elected’ officials (the same ones who keep getting re-elected for more than a decade now) give away the taxes paid by struggling Idahoan’s in the hopes of creating jobs.  Most of the time the efforts fail, big.

This time, at least $1-million USD in tax breaks and straight up cash in their pockets is being given to a company called Materne North America.  Materne North America is controlled by Materne, a fruit products company based in France.  (it’s known for its GoGoSqueeze products in the U.S.)

Politicians are hoping Materne will operate a $85-million apple sauce factory in Nampa.

The Idaho Department of Commerce revealed they are giving Materne $350-thousand to help with renovations of the abandoned Micron computer chip factory.

The Idaho Department of Labor is giving Materne $500-thousand to train up the new employees.

Canyon County is giving Materne a five year exemption from paying local property taxes.

An unnamed city official admitted that the city of Nampa is waving more than $100-thousand in permit fees.

Talk to the people of Pocatello and Chubbuck (in Bannock County) about what happened when their ‘elected’ officials threw away millions to help a now defunct company called Hoku Materials.   Here’s an idea; if the government of the state of Idaho is so willing to spend big taxpayer bucks on attracting foreign companies to set up shop in the Gem State, then why not create state run enterprises instead?