Tag: Tax Breaks for Business

The Cost of Tax Breaks for Jobs

Filed in National by on May 4, 2011 9 Comments

Via the Star-Ledger, we find that a NJ think tank — New Jersey Policy Perspective — has taken a hard look at the massive subsidies being funneled to private businesses in NJ and found that there aren’t many jobs associated with all of that money.  In the past two years, NJ has given out $822M in tax subsidies:

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BREAKING: Astra Zeneca to Cut 1/3 of Delaware R & D Force

Filed in National by on March 2, 2010 56 Comments

Ya see, these obscene tax breaks and other incentives come with no guarantee. Say buh-bye to 550 top-paying jobs. No doubt, what WON’T be cut is Astra Zeneca’s steady stream of contributions to our corporate controlled legislators. Here’s the bad news: Cuts at AstraZeneca’s brick complex on US 202 between Wilmington and Chadds Ford include “550 research […]

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