> If Apple didn’t build a data center in Iowa they would also collect $0 in taxes from them. Iowa can't do that. But the USA can. If another state (instead of

> If Apple didn’t build a data center in Iowa they would also collect $0 in taxes from them. Iowa can't do that. But the USA can. If another state (instead of Iowa because of the tax break) has gotten the revenue of that taxes and the federal government gets it from that state. The USA can give that money to the Iowa residents.