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A comment on Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mujica Regarding Amazon. Parent comment

Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by sp332 on Saturday February 23, 2019 @05:11PM (#19235781)
Well the laws should be applied equally to everyone, including tax laws. That's a pretty simple principle. If you're going to make an exception, you need to reassure people that rule of law is still a thing and you're not just letting a company buy a different set of laws for themselves, which is kinda what this looks like.
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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by tehlike on Saturday February 23, 2019 @05:45PM (#19235914)
I get the rule of law aspect, but law leaves room for negotiation for this, otherwise someone woyld have sued the city, no?
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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by icelancer on Saturday February 23, 2019 @08:44PM (#19236616)
> Well the laws should be applied equally to everyone, including tax laws.

Do you feel this way about all laws, including drug laws regarding possession and mandatory minimums?

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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by thoughtstheseus on Saturday February 23, 2019 @05:34PM (#19235868)
Yeah, hopefully the next time an $800B company developing cutting edge software/tech wants to locate in an economically stressed area stakeholders do better job reassuring people the rule of law still applies.
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