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In addition to paying tax, the Tesla employees probably have a relatively high salary and are feeding money directly to the locals through general consumerism.

• extralego 8y ago
  Maybe a few decades ago, but I don’t think that computes in 2018. The employees raise rent and make locals homeless. Landlords often don’t live in the small towns where they own property these days. The employees buy gas and groceries from corporate outlets and shop online. The locals, desperate for low prices, do the same. Your vision sounds like something my parents would say. I don’t know where you people come from but it sounds incredible.
  • AdamJacobMuller 8y ago
    > The employees raise rent and make locals homeless. That's not inherently true. I will concede that it may force people to move to other accommodations that they can afford, but, they're not forcing anyone to be homeless. > Landlords often don’t live in the small towns where they own property these days. Maybe not, but, those landlords are paying property taxes locally. The guy who mows the lawns and the guy who unplugs the toilets all live locally. They are creating jobs inside that community and raising the standard of living for everyone. > The employees buy gas and groceries from corporate outlets and shop online. Why do you say corporate stores like its a bad thing? Keep in mind, even if you contend that they're moving profit out of the community they are still creating jobs inside that community. Someone needs to stock the shelves, bag the groceries and pump the gas.
    • xg15 8y ago
      > I will concede that it may force people to move to other accommodations that they can afford [...] Like trailer parks. > Maybe not, but, those landlords are paying property taxes locally. The guy who mows the lawns and the guy who unplugs the toilets all live locally. They are creating jobs inside that community and raising the standard of living for everyone. [...] Why do you say corporate stores like its a bad thing? Keep in mind, even if you contend that they're moving profit out of the community they are still creating jobs inside that community. Someone needs to stock the shelves, bag the groceries and pump the gas. That seems like a contradiction. Creating jobs is not the ultimate goal, the ultimate goal should be to provide usable public infrastructure. If you create jobs all you want but at the same time move the profit from those jobs away (because the company stores don't have to pay taxes either) then what exactly is won?
      • jexah 8y ago
        > If you create jobs all you want but at the same time move the profit from those jobs away (because the company stores don't have to pay taxes either) then what exactly is won? Well, more jobs means more job options, which means better quality of life. Not to imply that it is a net gain, but it is a factor to consider.
  • jexah 8y ago
    Australia, where you can't buy much online, and whatever you can buy takes 4 weeks to show up. You might like it, personally I'd prefer the convenience of being able to buy whatever I wanted whenever I wanted wherever I wanted and get it delivered in a few hours. You're right though, I hadn't thought of that perspective for the US.
• xg15 8y ago
  That will be ~1000 employees for a ~100k town. Not sure if this would even offset the infrastructure use from the gigafactory alone.