[GeronL]

Now they just want massive tax breaks from states.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

In return Tesla hires 6,500 employees who need houses, food ... Etc.. Telsa's negotiation is no different than if Boeing announced it wanted to build a new mega factory .... States governors would be salivating at the prospect of attracting so much $ to their state.

if the states don't want to play, they don't have to. No one is making them negotiate. But the states are falling over Tesla because they WANT the jobs, future income, tax base etc from all the economy generated by the employees, and the cars that Tesla will be selling.