• xthexder@l.sw0.com
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    3 days ago

    If they didn’t give out tax credits then they would receive that amount in taxes. From the government’s point of view tax credits are a reduction in revenue.

    I don’t think 10% fewer tax credits would have made the difference of the factory being built or not. VW has plenty of money to pay taxes.

    • deltapi@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The whole point of the tax credits was to convince them to bring the business here in the first place.
      Decrease the tax credits by 10%, sure. The business goes elsewhere to build their factory, what’s 10% of $0?