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NY/NYC offering tax breaks to them almost makes me vomit. The ONLY point of trying to get them to open up in NYC is to get more tax money from them. It should b
by JustAnotherPat 9y ago
NY/NYC offering tax breaks to them almost makes me vomit. The ONLY point of trying to get them to open up in NYC is to get more tax money from them. It should be as much as possible. NYC doesn't need another 50k people here and however many barista jobs they will 'indirectly' create. We need better infrastructure and housing first. Last time I checked, we don't even have enough schools planned for all the people we have.
- aggronn 9y agoI hope you'll reconsider this position. Its not a zero-sum game. More economic development doesn't come at the expense of infrastructure/public services. Economic development is what funds those things. The economics involved here are well understood. Lack of schools and infrastructure exists because there isn't enough money or political will, and adding economic development doesn't exacerbate that. Its meant to be a solution for the problems you're concerned about.
- throwaway2048 9y agoits not a solution if taxes are getting dodged.