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Buckyman
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----- To put the tax-kickback into perspective, they're offering Amazon about 8% of the state's income tax collections. | ||
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zlefin
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Plansix
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On November 27 2017 05:08 LegalLord wrote: Gotta give those “job makers” sweetheart deals, no matter the cost. The robber barons at least called themselves "Captains of industry." Way more evocative. | ||
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JonnyBNoHo
United States6277 Posts
On November 27 2017 04:28 WolfintheSheep wrote: Is this Chicago thing just a weird and convoluted way of talking about tax breaks? Yes, money is fungible. Also, the benefit would depend upon how many jobs / income Amazon places there. Optics aside, it does work out the issue of tax breaks resulting in too few jobs for the break to be worthwhile. | ||
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Nevuk
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Biff The Understudy
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On November 27 2017 06:44 Nevuk wrote: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/934896989539586054 Clearly the most successful ten first months for any POTUS in american history. Doesn't at all look like a dumpster fire. Look, he made the economy great again before any of his "reforms" even went into action. If that ain't amazing.. Delusionnal old fool. | ||
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CorsairHero
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Aveng3r
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Sermokala
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warding
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CorsairHero
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Sperling’s Best Places Super Study for Amazon HQ2 1 Atlanta 13.6 2 Boston 17.2 3 Chicago 21.7 4 Philadelphia 25.8 5 Washington DC 26.5 6 Austin 26.6 7 Dallas 27.7 8 Denver 28.3 9 New York 29.3 10 Raleigh 31.6 11 Pittsburgh 32.2 12 Toronto, Ontario 34.5 13 San Jose 34.8 14 Salt Lake City 35.7 15 San Francisco 35.9 16 Minneapolis 36.4 17 Portland 36.8 18 Nashville 37.3 19 Miami 37.4 20 Los Angeles 37.7 http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/atlanta_will_be_amazons_new_home.aspx | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On November 27 2017 08:13 warding wrote: The winning state does not lose revenue by providing tax breaks to companies moving in - in which case they'd actually gain tax revenue from vat and indirect sources. Chicago offering them to Amazon is the rational course of action. The problem should be addressed by thefederal government by outlawing incentives to specific companies - the EU tries to do this even if imperfectly. No qualms about corruption? Some citizens fund their social services through a state income tax, others fund the corporation that employs them through taxes levied on their pay, and nobody's tax burden changes? | ||
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Danglars
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Gahlo
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On November 27 2017 08:48 CorsairHero wrote: fwiw http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/atlanta_will_be_amazons_new_home.aspx So happy Philly didn't get picked. | ||
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Nevuk
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On November 27 2017 08:49 Danglars wrote: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/934881971507023872 This article is a dumpster fire | ||
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NewSunshine
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On November 27 2017 08:49 Danglars wrote: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/934881971507023872 Pure trash. It couldn't be that we've nurtured a culture of toxic masculinity, and men in power simply abused that power, let's just excuse all the problems present in our society and handwave it as "just how men are". It is worth mentioning the Twitter comments are even trashier. But they're not a journalist institution. | ||
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