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Re:GE will move headquarters to Boston by parfe on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:17PM (#10898043)
The subsidy gives GE a competitive advantage over their competition on every contract they bid on, every hire they offer a salary to, every item they sell on the open market.

GE can operate below the margin a fairly competing company operates at, forcing them out of business. The government picked a winner and created losers.

Re:GE will move headquarters to Boston by mc32 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:34PM (#10898155)
That's pennies considering their annual CoGS ecpenses and revenue. It's not nothing, but its unlikely to figure into any pricing.
Re:GE will move headquarters to Boston by parfe on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:40PM (#10898206)
Convenient how they managed to get a handout so large it convinced them to move their international headquarters, yet so small it doesn't negatively affect their competition.
Re:GE will move headquarters to Boston by mc32 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:47PM (#10898261)
Long term strategy, leases, access to workforce, business climate, etc.

The money isn't nothing, but its also not a lot of money considering the size.

It's the equivalent of a sandwich shop selling $1,000,000 in yearly revenue worth of $8 sandwiches getting an $850 break on rent or taxes per year allowing half a penny in savings per sandwich served. Wow that really kills the competition.