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Why do these mega companies get tax breaks? They should be paying a tax premium to set up business in a state.
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@gerrymcgovern  @lin11c @gerrymcgovern no no, kickbacks and other forms of bribery are illegal, and nobody would ever suggest our fine, upstanding elected officials would do anything illegal. However, it's perfectly above board for politicians to move on to well paid positions as consultants and lobbyists when their time in elected office is complete. @womble @gerrymcgovern @gerrymcgovern @lin11c every era is the same. It used to be big tobacco, or big oil, or big steel. The problem is capitalism. People will inherently do everything they can to hoard resources. I don’t think people understand the possibly of a post resource scarcity world. @randy5235 @gerrymcgovern  @acm_redfox  @lin11c @gerrymcgovern it's basically "we'll provide your city with jobs if you give us this tax break; if not, we'll go somewhere else with our jobs." or, conversely, "hey big tech, we'll give you massive tax breaks if you bring us more jobs." taking hostages, or bribery -- either way it's disgusting. @rothko @gerrymcgovern  @rothko |
@lin11c They play one poor or ambitious region against another. They are constantly on the look out for tax loopholes, anything to avoid. They try and subcontract and outsource where possible, anything to avoid decent jobs because decent jobs hurts their voracious hunger for more profits, more power.
Big Tech--the most powerful companies in the world--are on corporate welfare. Always with their greedy hands out for more, more, more. No wonder they trade in secrecy.