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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. Be glad it's not. It's a scam; Amazon will build wherever

Reply to Maxheader (Original post)

Thu Jan 18, 2018, 03:31 PM

Jan 2018

they get the most generous tax incentives.

“Something is deeply wrong with our economy & democracy when local governments offer up their tax base to a corporation worth over $500 billion,” Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison wrote on Twitter after the news broke.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/18/amazon-headquarters-shortlist It's no better than rich sports team owners threatening to move their teams if cities don't extort taxes from their citizens to pay for them. Minneapolis didn't make the cut, either, and I'm glad, since we just got well and truly gouged for a new Vikings stadium.

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