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Bezos played these cities like a fiddle. They'll never offer deals to him like this again but he doesn't care because this was a one-shot stunt. Like sports te
by claydavisss 8y ago
Bezos played these cities like a fiddle. They'll never offer deals to him like this again but he doesn't care because this was a one-shot stunt.
Like sports teams, the impact on the local economies will be negligible. Lets see how many of the 25k jobs even show up...
- thenanyu 8y agoThere are benchmarks baked into the deal, so no jobs = no tax breaks. The cities should have known better than to play this game, but at least there's that.
- claydavisss 8y agoNot true, only a portion is tied to job creation goals
- jblow 8y agoIt’s tax breaks. If you don’t employ enough people, you won’t be paying enough taxes to take advantage of tax breaks anyway.