Good Jobs First Subsidy News
Companies Shelled Out $20 Billion in EHS, Other Violations Between Trump’s Election and Inauguration
By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle, Environmental Leader
Major companies racked up more than $20 billion in enforcement costs for environmental, health and safety and other violations between Election Day and Donald Trump’s inauguration.
This, according to Violation Tracker, a database produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, that first launched in 2015.
Corporations have learned to game the tax incentive system
By Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle
Amazon is building warehouses across the United States to develop its own delivery infrastructure to guarantee next-day delivery.
So why have state and local governments given Amazon $241 million to build facilities that they couldn't build anywhere else?
By NICOLE RAZ
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A national economic development expert argues that Nevada shouldn’t have helped Amazon build a fulfillment center in North Las Vegas, which is slated to open next summer.
By Greg LeRoy, The American Prospect
Donald Trump’s controversial deal with Carrier Corp. has ushered in a long-overdue debate over corporate giveaways that come at taxpayers’ expense.
Governments often provide subsidies in exchange for jobs but the deals frequently don’t live up to the hype