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Here Are the Most Outrageous Incentives Cities Offered Amazon in Their HQ2 Bids

by adilmoujahid on 11/16/18, 2:07 PM with 3 comments

• by biotechjones on 11/16/18, 4:27 PM

  Maybe someone else can explain to me how to feel.

  I am from Toronto, as such I am kinda proud that Toronto didn't cough up a lot of money to entice Amazon - but did we miss the chance to attract a lot of jobs/attention/cashflow to our city?

  These incentives are derided as ridiculous, but even with tax incentives I assume NYC&Virginia will be making >$0 in revenue and a lot more in side benefits. Am I wrong?

• by netcan on 11/16/18, 4:44 PM

  I'm probably asking for trouble, but... I've heard occasional support for this sort of thing (regulatory competion, I think) from free-market minded folks.

  I'm sympathetic to a lot of market-liberal ideas, but never got this one.

  Anyone care to make the better case that this kind of thing is good, in general? Why shouldn't it be ilegal.

• by tomatotomato37 on 11/16/18, 10:31 PM

  I don't get how the Miami offer being made so secret could even be legal. Florida has some of the most far-reaching transparency laws in the US; it's where the whole Florida Man meme came from.