Take the legal advice, leave the cannoli.
Lol you shoulda clicked the article. Seems to be how much these cities are whoring themselves out trying to land the new HQ.
I would certainly be pissed if I was a local. Iām not in favor of subsidizing uber profitable companies either
I could have guessed thatās what it said.
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Your comment seems silly then 
Maybe I missed it, but I didnāt notice any mention of subsidies in the article. I think it quoted the lady talking about tax breaks.
This is either a solid reference, or a legitimate question. If a reference, the fact that I could not tell right away only adds to the quality of the reference haha.
If legitimate question, near mythical capitalist figure in Ayn Randās āAtlas Shruggedā
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Is there a practical difference between subsidizing a company and giving them a tax break?
I understand the schedule & method by which the government pays them isnāt the same.
One is giving away other peopleās money while the other is letting them keep more of their own?
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DC is giving 550 million in grants, but less financial incentives overall. New York sounds like itās all tax break incentives. But the financials arenāt public yet, I donāt think.
The bigger issues are gentrification, infrastructure, traffic, etc. Adding 20,000 new, well-to-do people to a small area in less than 10 years will cause severe growing pains. It will also bring a lot of positives.
A subsidy is provided with the property of others. A tax break is given by not taking as much of the recipientās property. At least, thatās the way I view each.
Yes-very much different.
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Right, which is why I said practically. Cash is cash to a business, especially when either way has the same effect on net income.
See above
Not if you think being mad about cities āwhoring themselves outā is a really dumb way at looking at like 25,000 new high paying jobs.
Who pays when someone doesnāt pay their fair share?
Yeah-Yeah, but those jobs also help the business.
#helpisnthelpifitbenefitsthehelperinanyway
Ya, and the city generate income tax revenue, sales revenue, etcā¦
My mathās not too good, maybe someone can help me out here:
The socialist, excuse me, the democratic socialist in the article doesnāt know what sheās talking about, per usual.
'Tis better that 25,001 suffer than that 25,000 do well while one suffers. Or something. Seems to work well everywhere itās tried.
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That phrase is only in the 1400 page novel 100 times, hardly subtle. Great novel btw. Enjoyed The Fountainhead and Virtue of Selfishness also. Never did get around to We The Living.
Guessing youāre a fan as well given the username @atlas13 . While Iām no Randroid reading her as a kid got me interested in epistemology and reading other philosophers.
Haha well I didnāt know if you had read it!
My username actually has nothing to do with Rand, based on Atlas in the mythological context. Weight of the world on his shoulders seemed a badass (if egotistical and entirely innacurate given my strength levelsā¦) username for a weight lifting forum. 13 becauseā¦ well āAtlasā was already taken and 13 was the first number to pop in my head.
But, I do really enjoy Rand. Atlas Shrugged was my favorite, Fountainhead was good but honestly, I could never quite get over how insufferable the main character was. The (consensual?) rape scene in the book also threw me off. Not my place to say what got Ayn Rand off, but it ruined the character for me.
While a pretty big fan of capitalism, not a Rand addict. The books were great and entertaining, but when people reference them as how a system should work Iām always left thinking āWell yeah, itās fiction, of course it worked. Thatās always what happens when you control the endingā¦ā
Props for making me google a wordā¦
But I agree, reading it young made me think, was definitely a step into more philosophical works, which ultimately (along with other factors) led to me picking political science as my major. Would definitely recommend the book to anyone, though wouldnāt quite recommend drinking the cool-aid
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