VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 9 days agoData centers get tax breaks. Not you though.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1930arrow-down18
arrow-up1922arrow-down1imageData centers get tax breaks. Not you though.discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 days agoWell, that’s because they create jobs. Oh ,wait.
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 days agoThe last figure I saw for some Ohio data center was $15 million in tax breaks for 10 jobs. At this rate, give 10 random people in Ohio $1.5 million. That would help the economy much more.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoTo be fair that’s how it worked for a long time but government is slow and doesn’t adapt and in some ways it’s rigged to stay the same.
Well, that’s because they create jobs.
Oh ,wait.
The last figure I saw for some Ohio data center was $15 million in tax breaks for 10 jobs. At this rate, give 10 random people in Ohio $1.5 million. That would help the economy much more.
To be fair that’s how it worked for a long time but government is slow and doesn’t adapt and in some ways it’s rigged to stay the same.