I think it's the nature of the industry to naturally shift towards monopolies. People want a few handful of sites to be used for the majority of their uses, and as long as people continue to use only one site for a need instead of multiple, tech conglomerates will exist no matter how many times you split them. People don't want 3 different versions of twitter or instagram
What's their argument in the case (did not read)?
They could just remove government funding instead
> Besides Intel, Google is the top tech company that receives government subsidies, picking up more than $630 million from states like Oregon, North Carolina and a few others. ([source](https://www.mic.com/articles/85101/10-corporations-receiving-massive-public-subsidies-from-taxpayers))
"Subsidies" in this case likely means state and local tax credits/exemptions. Usually, a huge company like google can entice local tax deals because the amount of economic activity they bring will more than make up for the shortfall created by the credit. They might negotiate for 200 million in corporate income tax credits, but the total net effect will be positive for the state. This is because the company brings jobs--each of which will be paying an individual income tax (if the state has one), sales tax on their purchases, and property tax on their homes. The company will also be paying other taxes and become a consistent revenue stream in the future when their income tax credits run out. The company also spurs a certain amount of economic activity just by being present. Construction and contractors are needed to build the location, for example. These deals can be good or bad, but they usually have bad optics and have come under closer scrutiny in the last few years. Amazon's HQ2 search got quite a bit of flak for how they managed that.
The deals are always terrible. It might benefit an individual state, but then it becomes a race to the bottom to who can give away more of their potential tax revenue. If these deals were not legal, they'd still establish their HQ somewhere and pay taxes on it.
I mostly agree, but if these deals were illegal then companies would probably start looking overseas for places to invest their capital.
Also, it might come as a surprise to people but the biggest ratfuck tax dealing industry is Hollywood. The amount of local incentives the entertainment industry has siphoned from local sources in comparison to the actual benefit they confer is astronomical. You'll notice that AOC was strangely alone when she valiantly cast Amazon out of her own district. It's because if anyone actually brought major attention to the issue of local tax deals, it would invariably lead to a lot of questions about how Hollywood has been a multi-state leech for decades now.
You're assuming that **a)** they haven't moved on to other opportunities and **b)** government employees give a damn about how government money is spent as long as their individual job assessments are positive.
I'm a longtime Firefox user, but now that Mozilla is currently in the process of ruining that, I used Chrome for a change. The Proud Boys organization was in the headlines so, not knowing anything about them, I decided to read for myself what they claim to be about.
According to Google's Chrome search result, the Proud Boys website does not exist. I then tried two other browser search results, and the website is readily presented. It's obvious Chrome hides it. (I'm not a rightist nor have any interest in the Proud Boys at all, I just wanted to read about them for myself.)
I disabled Chrome — permanently.
If anyone needs trust busting it's Amazon. They're the ones putting the entirety of main streets across the country out of business. The only company that has had the ability to even try to keep up is Walmart. And that's just in the retail space. Amazons services drive most of (or a massive chunk at least) the server infrastructure. They continue to acquire competition and even companies to put Amazon into new lines of business.
Sure Facebook and Google are bad but I don't think either have a more negative impact on economic diversity as Amazon.
Weird, no mention of this on r/latestagecapitalism. If they hate giant corporations so much, why aren't they celebrating this? I just don't understand. What could it be???
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