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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by Tyrek on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:04PM (#18455550)
Just go another level deeper - this was tax money that would otherwise go towards city programs that would disproportionately benefit the poor. The end result is a transfer from the poor to Amazon's shareholders (and possibly may result in a net benefit to NYC)
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Re:NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job by longerthoughts on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:40PM (#18455788)
>this was tax money that would otherwise go towards city programs that would disproportionately benefit the poor

Where did NY indicate that they're reallocating money from those programs?

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