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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Response rates from 546 Conservatism voters.
71% Yes |
29% No |
60% Yes |
25% No |
3% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
2% No, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
3% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
1% No, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
3% Yes, if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents |
1% No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
1% Yes, but I would prefer lowering corporate taxes to benefit all local companies |
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1% Yes, but only if local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 546 Conservatism voters.
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Unique answers from Conservatism voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9QZCYDN9mos9MO
I don't think they should, but they should be allowed to if the people of that city agree and if there's a high chance the tax revenue will exceed the incentives. A better strategy I think would be to spend money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies
@9QZCYDN9mos9MO
I donr think they should, but they should be allowed to if the people of that city agree and if there's a high chance the tax revenue will exceed the incentives. A better strategy I think would be to spend money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies
@9LJGNWT 1yr1Y
That is up to each municipality to ensure that public officials enter into meaningful and productive contracts that attempt to benefit that community. Any official that willfully misleads the public and/or receives payoffs for promoting or agreeing to such an arrangement should be prosecuted and if convicted, EXECUTED. Did you hear that Trudildeau?
@9GZYG4J1yr1Y
Yes, but I would prefer to abolish corporate taxes to benefit all companies in Canada and also punish them for moving jobs out of the country by mean of tariff when they import their products in Canada.
@9GNXXXT1yr1Y
Yes, but it depends on the needs of each community, and if that money could be better spent on infrastructur
@9FWLZ8L2yrs2Y
yeah as long as the private companies can say no? like you can OFFER anything they just dont need to say yes
@9FQ2ZJY2yrs2Y
Yes, as long as it benefits the local economy, population, creates tax revenue and doesn't harm the environment
@9FPG8CX2yrs2Y
Yes, but MAKE SURE that the money is well spent, meaning the benefits exceed the drawbacks!
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