[hprotagonist]

foxconn made very similar promises in wisconsin. that worked out really poorly indeed.

GE made similar promises in boston. that’s worked out really poorly indeed.

[thereisnospork]

And amazon's incentives were tied to the number of jobs and how much they paid.

[hprotagonist]

so were GE’s.

[thereisnospork]

So how did Boston get fleeced? (genuinely curious, not overly familiar with the GE situation.)

[hprotagonist]

kind of a slow moving crap fest. They’re going to repay some tax breaks, at least in theory, but we’ve dropped 160mil into renovations for a site that probably will never happen.

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/ge-give-back-87-million-ta... , https://www.universalhub.com/ge has a long running chronology.