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Who Doesn’t Pay
At Good Jobs First we tend to focus on the ways that corporations get special tax deals from state governments, so it is helpful to be reminded that wealthy individuals also pay far less than their...
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$2.6 Billion Spent on Cleaning Up DC Rivers Must Address Local Job Creation
Over the next decade, DC Water will use a regressive Impervious Area Charge (IAC) to fund $2.6 billion in needed water infrastructure investments. Middle- and low-income residents and neighborhoods...
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New Report: Putting Municipal Pension Costs in Context: Chicago
Have secretive TIF accounts played a significant role in the underfunding of Chicago pension funds? A new report out today, Putting Municipal Pension Costs in Context: Chicago, focuses on how Tax...
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Cook County, IL Succeeds at Truth in Taxation!
One year ago today, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced plans to print TIF revenue diversions on county property tax bills. We previously blogged about this effort, eagerly awaiting this TIF...
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Tesla Open Letter Electrifies Gigafactory Debate
Early this week Good Jobs First joined its voice with those of progressive organizations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas to express concerns about the pending subsidy bidding war...
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Ask Tesla’s Elon Musk to Open-Source His Subsidy Demands
Good Jobs First has launched a petition through MoveOn asking Tesla CEO Elon Musk to open-source his ≥$500 million subsidy demands. Sign the petition here. #157501396 / gettyimages.com Tesla Motors is...
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Tesla, We Have Questions
For Immediate Release September 4, 2014 Contacts: Bob Fulkerson bfulkerson@planevada.org 775-348-7557 Greg LeRoy goodjobs@goodjobsfirst.org 202-232-1616 x 211 Bob Fulkerson of the Progressive...
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Tesla: New Technology, Same Old Subsidy Charade
Tesla Motor’s shameful subsidy competition for its battery factory is wrapping up to a close in a state known for big gambling. The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) announced...
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GASB Finally Prepares to Step Up! And Who is GASB, You Ask?
For many years, we at Good Jobs First have criticized GASB—the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, or “GAZ-bee”— for failing to require state and local governments to disclose economic development...
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Chicago Mayor’s Proposed Tax-Free Zones No Policy Panacea
As early voting begins in the Chicago mayoral runoff election, incumbent Rahm Emanuel has proposed tax-free zones allowing businesses exemptions on property, income, and sales taxes in impoverished...
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