Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
It would really be interesting to see how other communities and states structure their economic incentives.

They all pretty much work the same in that they take tax dollars and gift them to companies.

It really doesn't matter if it's TIF or job creation funds or sales tax rebates... It's all tax money that gets redirected to businesses.
Its a catch 23 though. Don't do it and lose out on jobs, do it and lose out on tax dollars. We'd all love to live in perfect world where we could grow organically and didn't have to incentivize. Boeing threw a temper tantrum when the legislature even threatened their tax incentives. And we all agree we need those Boeing jobs. Only way to solve it is a national ban, which isn't happening. We either play and win or don't and lose.

Wouldn't be surprised if the Amazon HQ2 incentives pushed 5-10 billion.