Posts Tagged Corporate relocations
2014: A Landmark Year for Subsidy Accountability
Two-thousand fourteen was a banner year for our movement, hands down. The first move to require standardized subsidy-cost reporting! The first half of a legally-binding two-state cease fire deal! The first state ban on tax-break commissions! A big surge found in state disclosure of subsidies! Big improvements to our Subsidy Tracker, enabling first-ever mash-ups!
Ask Tesla's Elon Musk to Open-Source His Subsidy Demands
Good Jobs First has launched a petition through MoveOn asking Tesla CEO Elon Musk to open-source his ≥$500 million subsidy demands.
Sign the petition here.
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Tesla Motors is demanding at least $500 million in taxpayer subsidies, whipsawing AZ, CA, NV, NM and TX siting a huge battery factory.
If it's really confident that such massive subsidies are justified, Tesla should release the five states from non-disclosure agreements and allow taxpayers to see the files.
Elon Musk: open-source your subsidy-application files and let taxpayers weigh costs and benefits!
Sign the petition here.
Kansas’s PEAK Subsidy Fails Performance Audit
A Kansas state legislative audit of the controversial Pr
Gov. Rick Perry’s Partisan Job-Piracy Tour: Where Will He Go Next?
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