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Originally Posted by barryem
A large corporation moving in is a desirable thing to politicians so they get a lot of incentives. Cities compete to get them to move there. That's how things work. That's how they've always worked, at least during my lifetime. Maybe it's better in Utopia.  |
You're not going to find corporations being arbitrarily forgiven up to 99% of their property taxes anywhere else in the country. That's just insane. The problem with Louisiana is that it's not the cities that are giving these incredible deals to corporations, it's a state commission. But it's the local cities who AREN'T getting the property tax. I wonder how much these commissioners earn under the table? (Utopia for them, maybe.)