With a price tag of well over $1 billion, Texas set a new record with its subsidy gift to Samsung to build a semi-conductor factory. An Austin American-Statesman analysis found that local, county and state subsidies add up to $981 million, and that excludes roughly $260 million in Samsung-benefiting infrastructure improvements that the public will pay for.

Amazon.com, Inc. has located at least 171 of its newest or soon-to-open warehouses in Opportunity Zones (OZs), where they may create huge capital gains tax breaks for Amazon and/or other investors. It is part of a massive pandemic-fueled expansion by the online giant, which grew from 473 sites from the end of 2019 to 1,237 by December 2021.