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Tax Haven Status

As a Brit, I am aware that Delaware has a reputation, justified or not, as:

  • a tax haven
  • having corporate incorporation laws that favour the company's directors over its shareholders, employees, customers, etc., more than any other state in the Union
  • the home of many dodgy companies, pursuing activities that would be forbidden, or made less profitable, in most other states

I would hope to see some mention of this, either supporting or refuting the reputation, in the article. Maproom (talk) 21:51, 27 April 2009 (UTC) Absolute bull s**t. Just because you may not like Corporations doesnt give you the right to trash a state govt. Neutral POV.[reply]

Photo

Great photo that they have of the map, if I zoom in and use a magnifying glass I can almost see it! Come on, we seriously can't do any better than the photo that's up there??? 68.99.25.61 (talk) 23:11, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We use the same template for all the states and then a similar one for all the countries. - Schrandit (talk) 01:34, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but look at Rhode Island. We could modify the template to accommodate the smallness of Delaware. HokieRNB 11:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point, the article would probably benefit from such an illustration but I must confess that possess no skill for such things. - Schrandit (talk) 19:49, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delaware edit- "Atheism" vs "No religion"

A recent modification to the demographics in this article, changing "No religion" to "Atheism". These are the same thing. While all atheists could be said to have no religion, not all who profess to no religion is atheist (they could be agnostic or believe in some supreme power without subscribing to a specific creed). I've reverted this change.Wkharrisjr (talk) 22:34, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The First State"

Despite what the state governemnt page states (or ipiles), Delaware declared itself indepdent from both England and Pennsylvania on June 15, 1776,(http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20080610/NEWS/80610010/The-backstory-on-Separation-Day) although it had had a separate legislative body since 1701 and the two propritery colonies shared a governor but little else.(http://www.americareclaimed.org/elements/docs/documents/Charter%20of%20Delaware%20with%20background%20%281701%29p.pdf). For all intents and purposes, Delaware was established as a separate colony in 1701.Wkharrisjr (talk) 18:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Climate - newspaper article for consideration as source - 22, 24 Sept 2010

Staff (22 September 2010), "Temperature sets record in Sussex", DelawareOnline, News Journal (Gannett), retrieved 23 September 2010{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 11:10, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Staff (24 September 2010), "Record heat statewide", DelawareOnline, News Journal (Gannett), retrieved 24 September 2010{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:55, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Those are only local highs for a specific day of the year. Something topical would be statewide, across all days of the year (or possibly per-month). TEDickey (talk) 12:41, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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