In November 2018 the online e-commerce company Amazon announced it would be building a second headquarters in New York City and Arlington, VA. The announcement came a year after the company announced it would accept proposals from any North American city who wanted to host the headquarters. Amazon said the company could invest over $5 billion and the offices would create up to 50,000 high paying jobs. More than 200 cities applied and offered Amazon millions of dollars in economic incentives and tax breaks. For the New York City headquarters the city and state governments gave Amazon $2.8…
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@8YWHYGD3yrs3Y
No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country, and spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, the local environment is not compromised, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, the local environment is not compromised, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, the local environment is not compromised, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG385yrs5Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised; the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives; the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, but only if three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised, the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@8THH6VK4yrs4Y
No; punish private companies for moving jobs out of the country, the government should never, and spend the money on improving infrastructure and the community
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