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by ryanobjc 4010 days ago
as employees are paid in county X and live in county Y, doesn't the second county receive tax side effects from the employees? Such as property taxes and secondary spending?

Perhaps Nevada gave too much away (or not?), but the tone of your argument seems to suggest that you think NV and Reno would be better off without the gigafactory. Apart from 'they were bribed' what reasons do you think your state/county lawmakers had for making this deal? What data and evidence did they consider, and how is your opinion different?

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I don't think it would be better off without the gigafactory, I think it would be better off without such a steep investment in one company.

Sure, there will be tax and other money spent where the people live and work, but I'm not seeing how that will be enough of a boost to the economy to justify $1.3B in incentives given to Tesla, especially when their ask was for less than half of that amount.