In November 2018 the online e-commerce company Amazon announced it would be building a second headquarters in New York City and Arlington, VA. The announcement came a year after the company announced it would accept proposals from any North American city who wanted to host the headquarters. Amazon said the company could invest over $5 billion and the offices would create up to 50,000 high paying jobs. More than 200 cities applied and offered Amazon millions of dollars in economic incentives and tax breaks. For the New York City headquarters the city and state governments gave Amazon $2.8…
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37% No |
51% Yes |
29% No |
5% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
4% No, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
2% Yes, if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents |
2% No, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
2% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
1% No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
2% Yes, but only if local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer |
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1% Yes, but I would prefer lowering corporate taxes to benefit all local companies |
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Unique answers from America users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Yes, cities should do whatever they choose
@98PJRK41yr1Y
Yes, cities should do as they choose
@7PTCG381yr1Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@8G5T7884yrs4Y
Yes, but every state should have their own incentive program if they choose to have one at all. This is not a federal level issue.
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Yes, provided that tax revenue will exceed tax incentives, the company promises to hire mostly local residents, and local citizens vote to approve it.
@8TPZGDY3yrs3Y
Yes, and punish them for moving jobs out of the country
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