[bmmayer1]

Wait. No...the taxpayers of Nevada lose. Because the taxpayers, at large, are subsidizing benefits that will be accrued by specific individuals (the new employees, Tesla consumers and investors). Even if the economy grows as a result of this subsidy (which would really be impossible to prove), such gains wouldn't take into account the equivalent loss to the tune of $1.25B that comes out in little pieces from millions of individual taxpayers and taxpaying businesses--that's money that isn't being spent in the economy.

I suspect the poorest taxpayers of Nevada will pay the most, because they are the least likely to be able to afford a Tesla, least likely to have the skills and training to take what jobs are created (and even so, not enough jobs to go around), and also the most hurt by the higher taxes that inevitably result from such a subsidy.