>But they do and I don't think there's any escaping that. It's natural.
Lots of things are natural but part of the point of civilization and organized society is to control what is natural for the benefit of the population at large.
Lots of things are natural but part of the point of civilization and organized society is to control what is natural for the benefit of the population at large.
And I think that's where our disconnect here is. Most were advertising this deal at a net +$30bn revenue for the state over 10y, even after this $3bn deal. 25,000 highly-paid people brings serious money. Income tax revenue. Sales tax revenue. 25,000 property tax payments. That's before you consider auxiliary businesses you get serving a campus of 25k.
What I'm not saying is that New York should have made this deal. They would have lost some potential revenue, but that's not the issue. What I'm saying is that no city, no state should be able to barter tax rates. Allowing that means that Amazon is paying less tax on its operations and making them even harder to compete with for SMEs. That hurts the nation at large.
And some weren't. Which proponents seem to conveniently ignore...