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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Response rates from 512 Liberal Democrats voters.
69% Yes |
31% No |
61% Yes |
20% No |
4% Yes, but I would prefer lowering corporate taxes to benefit all local companies |
9% No, the government should never subsidize private businesses |
2% Yes, if the company promises to create new jobs by hiring local residents |
1% No, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country |
2% Yes, as long as the tax revenue will eventually exceed the tax incentives |
1% No, spend that money on improving infrastructure and the community to attract companies |
0% Yes, as long as the local environment is not compromised |
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0% Yes, but only if local citizens can vote on the amount of incentives to offer |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 512 Liberal Democrats voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 512 Liberal Democrats voters.
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Unique answers from Liberal Democrats voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9MYFHGP8mos8MO
No, there should be no private industry. I say this because I love Marxism, Marxist-Leninism, Communism and class struggle as it's the only way to achieve a socialist society under capitalism when they'd happily violently put down a proletarian revolution
@9LXVFS89mos9MO
Yes as long as local environment is not compromised, the company promises to new jobs by hiring local residents.
@934RYWQ3yrs3Y
Yes to regional and rural areas and employ locals. Not for movement overseas
@8ZNMKB63yrs3Y
If it’s good for the economy, sure.
@8TPFVBK4yrs4Y
As long as local environment is compromised, Tax revenue eventually exceeds the tax incentives, local citizens & residents are hired & can vote on the incentives
@8RF7ZBD4yrs4Y
Yes, they should be allowed to if they want, but they shouldn’t do it.
@92LTWLD3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if the local environment is not compromised, tax revenue will exceed the incentives, and they hire local residents.
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