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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by tehlike on Saturday February 23, 2019 @07:01PM (#19236213)
For centuries businesses come and go. I am sure at every level of government incentives happen. Tax break is an incentive. Other businesses could get expedited approvals or permits, some might get licenses etc.

Part of american way of doing business, really.

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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by endorphone on Saturday February 23, 2019 @10:11PM (#19236878)
I was replying specifically to the meaningless statement that "Math is clear". Replying that the math is unclear doesn't really clarify it or demonstrate your point.

The economy has economic activity. That activity is taxed at various levels. When a leader, taking a huge slice of the activity, demands special treatment to take even more of the economic pie, the math is clearly bad.

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