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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 3123680" data-attributes="member: 277">From the articles i&#039;ve read, it&#039;s not exactly cut and dry for good or for bad. Often depends on the type of jobs and what is offered/given. For example, 1,500 low (skilled) paying jobs, while good, doesn&#039;t always have the same benefit as 1,500 high paying (skilled) jobs would. Also, the length of time for the breaks matters, as it&#039;s not uncommon for companies to come back and demand &#039;more&#039; or threaten to leave. Plus some *big* deals also require tax payers to foot the bill for utility/road/sewer and other improvements on top of the break in taxes. one article i&#039;ve read pointed out that states are pretty bad at going back and tracking exactly how many jobs are created. That once the deal is in place, they don&#039;t really want to know whether the company added all 1,500 jobs or not. And that tracking the number isn&#039;t easy, either, since economies on the upswing will add jobs independent of incentives.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="donner, post: 3123680, member: 277"] From the articles i've read, it's not exactly cut and dry for good or for bad. Often depends on the type of jobs and what is offered/given. For example, 1,500 low (skilled) paying jobs, while good, doesn't always have the same benefit as 1,500 high paying (skilled) jobs would. Also, the length of time for the breaks matters, as it's not uncommon for companies to come back and demand 'more' or threaten to leave. Plus some *big* deals also require tax payers to foot the bill for utility/road/sewer and other improvements on top of the break in taxes. one article i've read pointed out that states are pretty bad at going back and tracking exactly how many jobs are created. That once the deal is in place, they don't really want to know whether the company added all 1,500 jobs or not. And that tracking the number isn't easy, either, since economies on the upswing will add jobs independent of incentives. [/QUOTE]

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