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Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by aeorgnoieang on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:17PM (#16217787)
I am almost perfectly certain that they're not doing this because I was referring to all of the organizations, and individuals, that are not as big as Amazon.

I'm claiming your argument is suspicious because it seems to only really apply to organizations of Amazon's size. Maybe you disagree, but it sure doesn't seem like any cities or towns are interested in luring an Amazons worth of businesses and tax-payers that aren't a single organization. The argument seems pretty agnostic; why is no one else?

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Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by nugget on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:19PM (#16219211)
New York State offers to waive all state income taxes for something like 10 years if you move there and start a new business in one of their special economic zones. There are more of these programs out there than people realize.

https://esd.ny.gov/startup-ny-program

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Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by aeorgnoieang on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @10:52AM (#16223594)
That's a good counter-example, but still pretty far from 'accept any net-positive benefit' (however close to zero).

Moreover, there only seem to be three such zones in the entire state: parts of upper Manhattan, parts of the south of the Bronx, and some parts of Yonkers.

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