SCAM ALERT: Data centers bring practically zero local jobs. They are a tax break scam everywhere they operate.
"Washington lawmakers approved a tax break for data centers to create more jobs in rural Washington, but they can’t say how many jobs the state actually got. Repeated expansions turned a modest program to bring a budding industry to rural areas into one of the biggest corporate tax giveaways in the state."
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-tech-jobs-tax-break
Gerry McGovern /
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2024-08-04 14:28:18
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