Amazon is trying to extort the taxpayers of NYS.
How the Hell is this not illegal?!?
Are you against people or companies negotiating for the best deal possible?
If I go into a car dealership, and say I won’t by a car unless they meet my demands, is that illegal?
What Amazon is doing is actually ridiculous, not illegal. They're asking these governments to give them all kinds of tax concessions even though the tax breaks have nothing to do with their decision.
Amazon was always going to open these headquarters in NYC and Virginia even if they got $0 in tax breaks.
If they are reconsidering their decision about the NYC location, it means they probably figured it's an extraneous waste of money.
> Amazon is trying to extort the taxpayers of NYS. How the Hell is this not illegal?!? <
I’ve wondered about that since forever. In my neck of the woods, we have many small stores. They all pay their property taxes, like everyone else.
Then a strip mall came in. They sell the same stuff as those small stores. The mall got a 20-year property tax holiday. How is that not unequal treatment under the law?
How is he extorting them?
And, while not illegal, some of his upper level management already purchased some real estate, before they told the world they were moving there, so they could get better deals. Because they knew prices would skyrocket, especially when all you do is brag that every job is a 6 figure one. Nothing like taking advantage of some inside information.
They’re all hypocrites. Each and every single one of them.