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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by tracker1 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:07AM (#18447660)
Where do you think police and fire funding comes from?

It's taxes, paid by residents, and patrons to businesses... it's not like the people moving in will just take, and not pay any taxes at all.

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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by brianpgordon on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:34AM (#18449120)
What position do you think you're arguing against? Because it's not what the actual topic in this thread is. CydeWeys simply pointed out that the state needs to make more than $6,100 in additional revenue from each worker because they're not just paying Amazon's tax incentives (which cost $6,100)- they're also paying to provide police/fire/etc coverage for the new worker.
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