Re:Nevada strikes $1.25B tax break deal with Tesla
by gph on Friday September 05, 2014 @12:00AM
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>You can argue if it's a good or bad thing, but it's definitely not illegal nor should it be illegal.
That doesn't make much logical sense. If you think it's a bad thing you would want it to be illegal so that it doesn't happen. Just like if you think tariffs are bad that they should be illegal.
Maybe not illegal in the criminal sense, but illegal as in regulated to not be allowed makes perfect sense.
Re:Nevada strikes $1.25B tax break deal with Tesla
by d_luaz on Friday September 05, 2014 @12:08AM
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If every "bad" thing should be illegal, then tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, prostitution, lobbying, protectionism, should be banned. Then again, we have to argue what is "good" or "bad".
Re:Nevada strikes $1.25B tax break deal with Tesla
by gph on Friday September 05, 2014 @12:24AM
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Yes, people in the past (and even some currently) thought that marijuana and prostitution were "bad" so they made them illegal.
We are not living in a libertarian society, though I guess you can believe we should if you want.
Nevada giving incentives to have a factory built is no more corruption than tariffs to protect imports/exports is corruption. You can argue if it's a good or bad thing, but it's definitely not illegal nor should it be illegal.