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Giving corporations free money doesn't work

4 pointsby nwrkover 5 years ago

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thrwaway69over 5 years ago
TL;DR - Business tax incentives are not structured appropriately causing unequal distribution skewing towards bigger corporations with very minal returns in jobs&#x2F;benefits to locals and few states paying businesses out of its citizen money.<p>Mentions threat&#x2F;schemes by companies to move their businesses elsewhere to leverage tax incentives.<p>Link to the actual paper: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;economics.princeton.edu&#x2F;2020&#x2F;01&#x2F;06&#x2F;new-data-on-state-and-local-business-tax-incentives-across-the-u-s&#x2F;?mod=article_inline" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;economics.princeton.edu&#x2F;2020&#x2F;01&#x2F;06&#x2F;new-data-on-state...</a>