TO A DEAL TO BUILD THE NEW CYBER
TRUCK GIGAFACTORY IN AUSTIN IN
TEXAS.
REPUBLICAN ROGER WILLIAMS,
REPUBLICAN FROM TEXAS AND
REPRESENTS TRAVIS COUNTY.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE TESLA
WANTS TO GO.
WHY DON’T YOU TELL US,
CONGRESSMAN, HOW MUCH ARE YOU
OFFERING TO MOVE TO TRAVIS
COUNTY?
>> WE’RE EXCITED THEY MAY BE
COMING INTO TRAVIS.
I WROTE THE CHAIRMAN SUGGESTED
HE DO THAT.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, STU, AS YOU KNOW, YOU WILL
HAVE GIVE-AND-TAKE.
TESLA WILL ASK FOR ABATEMENTS
AND DISCOUNTS AND CITY AND THE
COUNTY HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND
NEGOTIATE.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT $5000.
TALKING ABOUT $47,000 AVERAGE
SALARY.
TALKING ABOUT JOBS THAT DON’T
REQUIRE A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
THAT IS HUGE.
SAME THING I HAD UNDERSECRETARY
OF STATE UNDER GOVERNOR PERRY.
WE BROUGHT TOYOTA THERE IN THE
SAN ANTONIO AREA.
JOBS AND TEAR ONE, TIER TWO
SUPPLIERS ARE GREAT.
WE HOPE THEY SIT DOWN TO MAKE A
DEAL.
STUART: THE TAX BREAKS WILL RUN
INTO THE BILLIONS, WON’T THEY?
>> THEY WILL RUN INTO THE
BILLIONS BUT AT THE SAME TIME
THERE IS A WAY TO GIVE THE
ABATEMENT AND PAY IT BACK AFTER
A PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS DONE ALL THE TIME.
THE PROBLEM IS IF COMMUNITIES
DON’T WANT TO GET IN THERE TO
OFFER CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO
CREATE MORE JOBS IT WILL NOT
HAPPEN BECAUSE OTHERS WILL.
ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
STUART: CONGRESSMAN, THE BIG
STORY THIS MORNING OR ONE OF
THEM, THE RECLOSING OF VARIOUS
STATES OR SOME OPERATIONS IN
VARIOUS STATES.
TEXAS HAS 4288 NEW VIRUS CASES
JUST ON JUNE 29th.
5930 NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS ON
MONDAY.
NOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS STARTED TO
RECLOSE BARS I BELIEVE IN TEXAS.
YOU THINK THAT’S -- THAT’S GOING
TO SLOW DOWN THE TEXAS ECONOMY,
ISN’T IT?
>> WE HAVE MORE THAN BARS IN OUR
ECONOMY BUT YOU’RE EXACTLY
RIGHT.
PEOPLE DO CONGREGATE IN THOSE
AREAS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE
NEED TO REMEMBER, SOCIAL
DISTANCING DOES WORK.
MASKS DO WORK.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE
DID SO WELL IN TEXAS, DRIVING
NUMBERS DOWN.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT.
HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB.
THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE GOES ON
THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS WE HAVE TO
DO WHAT WE’RE TOLD TO DO.
I THINK WE WILL.
I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS MAKING
HARD DECISIONS.
HE HAS TO KEEP THE ECONOMY
GOING.
WE’LL NOT SHUT THE ECONOMY DOWN
IN TEXAS BUT WE HAVE TO BRING
THESE VIRUSES DOWN TOO.
STUART: CONGRESSMAN ROGER
WILLIAMS, THANKS FOR JOINING US
