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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by munk-a on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:19PM (#18455190)
This is a pretty weak point, essentially "Lets give that guy money, he might do good things with it, he's done good things with it in the past." except instead of being a personal investment this concerns tax payer money being funneled to a private corporation.

They'd be much better spending that money on their neglected public transit or their neglected public housing...

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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:22PM (#18455222)
> They'd be much better spending that money on their neglected public transit or their neglected public housing...

But some cities were suggesting that! They were going to invest in infrastructure, knowing that the extra income from Amazon in the area would pay for it. It was not a zero-sum game.

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