Kasia Tarczynska
@kasia-t.bsky.social
Researcher with @goodjobsfirst.org
I will post interesting, strange, stunning, good and bad things about economic development and business subsidies.
I will post interesting, strange, stunning, good and bad things about economic development and business subsidies.
Sometimes it feels like there is no limit to how the public subsidizes the biggest companies in the world, in this case Google.
May 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sometimes it feels like there is no limit to how the public subsidizes the biggest companies in the world, in this case Google.
TX will lose $1B this year because data centers don't pay sales tax when they buy things they need to build & run those projects. By 2030, this lucrative tax break will cost the state $9B. Big tech and crypto companies benefit from the subsidy, but there is one recipient that may surprise you: Tesla
May 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TX will lose $1B this year because data centers don't pay sales tax when they buy things they need to build & run those projects. By 2030, this lucrative tax break will cost the state $9B. Big tech and crypto companies benefit from the subsidy, but there is one recipient that may surprise you: Tesla