Yesterday was the groundbreaking for the one billion dollar plant for the manufacture of nuclear weapon parts on a 1.5 million-square-foot campus in South Kansas City. It will be operated by Honeywell, which has been operating such a manufacturing plant on Bannister Road in Kansas City. At the new facility, 2100 jobs will be retained; 1500 construction jobs will be generated; Honeywell employees will pay approximately 1.7 million dollars in earnings tax to Kansas City each year; 5.2 million annual property taxes will be generated; and the Grandview School District will see its annual tax revenues from the site jump from 652 dollars to 1.6 million dollars.
But from a moral standpoint, should we allow this plant to be built? This will be the subject of discussion at our Philosophy Class here at Kingswood on September 22.
LSmith6100@kc.rr.com
Thursday, September 9, 2010
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i dont think that they should build this new plant! its such a waste of money. i mean we already have nuclear waepons and i dont see the point in building more, or building a new plant.
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