Actually I know how the system works quite well and you are not very bright if you think that a typical municipality is going to consider state sales tax revenue as an important impetus for development.
For every state sales tax cent that is collected, the municipality might get back 1/1,000 of that cent in state aid. Not very much and definately not enough to consider it as a big benefit, especially when other municipalities besides yours get the other 999/1000.
Stop and think seriously about how ridiculous your "sales tax benefit" concept is.
The reason municipalities cater to big corporations is usually for "future" property tax revenue. They are hoping to make money on the development at the back end (anywhere from 5 to 10 years). Sometimes it works out well but all too often it does not.
What is not fair is that big corporations demand and get these sweetheart deals (in addition to big $$$ infrastructure improvements) whereas smaller businesses and common taxpayers not only don't get their own deal, they actually have to pay for Walmart's sweetheart deal.
Nice try again.
You may be correct in your area, but Chicago has a sales tax on top of the state's and many areas do also. The sales tax revenue does benefit the state much more, and that certainly helps pay for many of the benefits that lower wage people receive while working.