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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Yes, as long as it creates more jobs locally by hiring local people and with locals have the right to vote on how and what much incentives are being given.
@9H6MPZ35mos5MO
No, instead the government should impose heavy taxes on the industries that open the offices in the class A and class B cities which are already congested; have incentive for relocating the industries to the rural / backward areas; and that too only if
@9FQRXB37mos7MO
yes but they cant be offered incentives to relocate from poorer areas because we must make poor areas richer
As long as they pay a good wage and tax it should be fine but if they want extra tax cuts they should be able to pay higher wages atleast.
@9CQ773SIndian National Congress10mos10MO
It depends on the nature of projects and it's impact on people living in the locality.
@929DK8MBharatiya Janata2yrs2Y
No, cities should not, but the Central government should provide incentives to relocate TO India
@8PXCLK53yrs3Y
Yes because they create jobs but environment should not be harmed
@8PLLV743yrs3Y
yes, as long as tax revenue will eventually exceed the incentives and it does not negatively effect the local environment
@9CXSS4J10mos10MO
Yes, but only if the incentives apply to all businesses
@9CQHGHWIndependent10mos10MO
Yes, but the govts should ensure that poor cities who cant offer large imcentives to companies are also developed
@9CQFQVY10mos10MO
Yes the government can incentivise but not to the biggest businesses but to small and medium scale businesses by analysing there model and regulating safer environmental norms plus increasing hiring chances of the locals.
@9CQ2GTD10mos10MO
Depends on lot of factors like the current economic status, tax regime and the balance sheet of government.
@9CPYK65Bahujan Samaj10mos10MO
Yes as long as the local environment is not compromised, tax revenue must eventually exceed the tax incentives and company promises to create jobs by hiring local citizens
@9987HWC1yr1Y
Yes, but only if the cities are located within India, and their natural environments are not compromised.
@997C3GTIndependent1yr1Y
I do not have an education in the subject matter.
@8S78B673yrs3Y
No, deregulate the economy to attract companies.
@8QM3R533yrs3Y
Only small business can be helped through subsiding for a certain period of time rather than giving incentives
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@92JXK3J2yrs2Y
Yes as long as the company plans to employ local citizens of the area and I would prefer a lower corporate tax for all businesses, but I believe personally that this should be left to the states.
@LiamHal786386402yrs2Y
Nationalize all Industry
@8YWHYGD2yrs2Y
No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country, and spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, as long as three criteria are met: 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
@8Z3HWKL2yrs2Y
No, spend that money on improving the community and infrastructure, and the government shouldn’t subsidize private businesses.
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, as long as the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@8YK8V7Y2yrs2Y
Honestly I'm not too sure
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, but only if three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
Yes, as long as three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised; the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives; the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@SassOfficial3yrs3Y
Yes, but that money should instead be spent on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies
@8WNZXJ43yrs3Y
Yes as long as the environment isn't harmed and it is beneficial such as providing more jobs for locals and people overall, etc.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as three criteria are met: the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@8THH6VK3yrs3Y
No; punish private companies for moving jobs out of the country, the government should never, and spend the money on improving infrastructure and the community
@8TB798W3yrs3Y
Yes, but only in tax reductions. I would prefer taxes be lowered for everyone rather than for individual companies.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, the local environment is not compromised, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents.
@8RSTXFT3yrs3Y
Yes, it should be allowed, but it should not be mandatory for private companies to relocate if they do not wish to.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised, the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents
@8D5J4RR3yrs3Y
All of the yes options but the last one (lower corp tax). Set the standard to 25% nationally and 2.5% state and 2.5% municipal.
@8QKJ7R93yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives, and if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring many local residents
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, the local environment is not compromised, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
Yes, as long as the the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents, the local environment is not compromised, and the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives
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