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State of Georgia needs to do similarly.

• jonknee 17y ago
  Why? Data centers provide a small number of jobs and use enormous amounts of electricity. They gave Apple $46m to get 50 jobs that pay $50k a year. Do the math, Apple got essentially free labor for the next 18 years.
  • aneesh 17y ago
    That's not quite correct. They didn't give Apple $46m. The $46m that they're "giving up" is money they would never have had otherwise. The town had 2 choices: 1) Don't give any tax break. Apple will likely go elsewhere, and the town doesn't get any additional tax revenue. 2) Give Apple a break on some fraction of their taxes, amounting to $46m. They will still get some tax revenue from Apple. It's like saying a store is giving money when it puts a product on sale. The town is just lowering the price to sell more goods.
  • euroclydon 17y ago
    I wonder if all the small businesses in the city could get together and bluff the city: say then wanted the same deal as apple, or they will all close? Don't these schemes seem illegal under the 14th amendment?
  • iterationx 17y ago
    they also use a lot of water