He and Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell issued a statement Friday that the income tax alone collected from new employees at the plant would pay for the state incentives package offered to Boeing, which Leatherman has valued at $450 million. "We have a track record with BMW and Michelin to show that we can expect great things with Boeing and the tremendous impact they will have on our state ... The cost of the incentives is eliminated by the financial benefit. We think that most South Carolinians understand this." Thousands of jobs are expected in the jetstream that follows the arrival of a new Boeing assembly plant in North Charleston. Full Article at Myrtle Beach Sun News