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 284 Hartford voters.
66% Yes |
34% No |
54% Yes |
29% No |
4% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
3% 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, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
2% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
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 |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 284 Hartford voters.
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Unique answers from Hartford voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
Yes, cities should do whatever they choose
@98PJRK42yrs2Y
Yes, cities should do as they choose
@9X45M633mos3MO
Yes , but only if: the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will exceed the tax incentives, the company promises to hire local residents, and local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer.
@9JDPKH412mos12MO
Yes, provided that tax revenue will exceed tax incentives, the company promises to hire mostly local residents, and local citizens vote to approve it.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
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.
@ArghhGeeDub 5 days5D
Not if the company provides a fundamental good or service, like water, food, etc.
The cost burden of relocation will be lost somewhere, and companies rarely ever move to areas with more regulations on their trade outside of niche circumstances.
If the industry has a significant environmental impact, however, federal regulations should be in effect across the U.S.
@B2DD7QC1wk1W
Yes, as long as the company stays within the U.S. and current employees are given preference for hiring as well as assistance with relocation
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