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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39% No |
50% Yes |
33% No |
5% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
3% No, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
3% Yes, if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents |
2% No, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
2% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
1% No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
1% Yes, but I would prefer lowering corporate taxes to benefit all local companies |
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0% Yes, but only if local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer |
See how support for each position on “Corporate Subsidies” has changed over time for 11.1k Australia voters.
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See how importance of “Corporate Subsidies” has changed over time for 11.1k Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Australia users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@99BZ6VC1yr1Y
I'm unsure of what this means
@992BSPC1yr1Y
Yes, provided that only local residents are hired for employment and the local environment is not harmed.
@98LDNWJ1yr1Y
Yes , as long as the company provides jobs for local residents but I would prefer lowering cooperate taxes to benefit local companies and punish companies for moving jobs out of the country
@96FVK5J2yrs2Y
Yes, but set a flat tax of 20%
@8KJPSDH3yrs3Y
As long as they are taxed accordingly with no corporate payouts or incentives to sway dodgy politicians and the environment is a major concern and must be looked after. This and Farmers and their neighbours who it may also affect get to decide.
@934RYWQ2yrs2Y
Yes to regional and rural areas and employ locals. Not for movement overseas
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