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A comment on Adding Up the Cost of Tax Breaks for Big Tech’s Data Centers (2016). Parent comment

Re:Adding Up the Cost of Tax Breaks for Big Tech’s Data Cent... by alkonaut on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:41AM (#18784053)
It's probably illegal to subsidize directly (?), but by using a negative subsidy through "tax breaks" or other incentives it's circumvented I assume.
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Re:Adding Up the Cost of Tax Breaks for Big Tech’s Data Cent... by rhizome on Saturday December 29, 2018 @05:55PM (#18786203)
The legality possibly derives from it not being directed to a specific company directly, but by offering a tax break to any company who satisfies the criteria that has been tailored to fit only one or a few companies.
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