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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by jopsen on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:58PM (#18455493)
There is a difference between building public infrastructure and giving tax-exemptions..

Public infrastructure is available to all.. why can't the public finance it without Amazon?

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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by chrisseaton on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:09PM (#18455584)
> why can't the public finance it without Amazon?

Cities may have been hoping that with Amazon moving into a region they would have extra tax receipts which would enable spending they would not have been able to afford before.

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