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Well, each NYC resident pays 48000 one time to get back 30000 per year for 10 years is not something that HN would upvote into the front page.

• GhostVII 8y ago
  $48,000 is the cost per job, not the cost per resident.
  • qaq 8y ago
    It's not a cost though it's tax break over 10 years and there would be no tax revenue if NYC didn't get the office in the first place.
    • InclinedPlane 8y ago
      This is true, nobody in NYC pays taxes currently and nobody there has a job already.
      • qaq 8y ago
        At present there is N tax revenue With HQ2 there will be N+Y a portion of Y will be returned back to Amazon how is this exactly a cost for the city?
    • cglace 8y ago
      How do you know other companies wouldn't move in?
      • qaq 8y ago
        Did I ever claim others would not move in?
        • cglace 8y ago
          "and there would be no tax revenue if NYC didn't get the office in the first place."
• vdnkh 8y ago
  > each NYC resident pays 48000 one time Please cite a source which states this claim. Nobody here is forking over 48k "one-time".