Re:NYC Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
by anth_anm on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:16PM
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> Taxes incentives are incredibly common
Yes, because our society is corrupt by design.
> This isn't some check to Bezos. This is a rebate off their tax bill. These are taxes that you will not get unless the business moves to New York.
At which point he gets to earn an extra 3 billion that should be going to the state.
> Finally, it's not a backroom deal. Part of Amazon's competition was for each city to sign an NDA in the process so cities can't see the bids of other cities. This would have created a bidding war that, surprisingly, Amazon didn't want.
That's a backroom deal. Giving it a (flimsy) reason for being a backroom deal doesn't change the way it was done.
Yes, because our society is corrupt by design.
> This isn't some check to Bezos. This is a rebate off their tax bill. These are taxes that you will not get unless the business moves to New York.
At which point he gets to earn an extra 3 billion that should be going to the state.
> Finally, it's not a backroom deal. Part of Amazon's competition was for each city to sign an NDA in the process so cities can't see the bids of other cities. This would have created a bidding war that, surprisingly, Amazon didn't want.
That's a backroom deal. Giving it a (flimsy) reason for being a backroom deal doesn't change the way it was done.