Pennsylvania voted 197–5 to repeal a data center tax break projected to cost $517M annually by 2030, stripping benefits from Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet.
Tax exemptions for activity that would not have taken place without those tax exemptions cost the state nothing - no money is being “thrown” and no tax income that would otherwise have been received is being forgone. Meanwhile, giving “poor guys” $200,000 a year costs $200,000 per year per poor guy. That’s the difference.
Tax exemptions for activity that would not have taken place without those tax exemptions cost the state nothing - no money is being “thrown” and no tax income that would otherwise have been received is being forgone. Meanwhile, giving “poor guys” $200,000 a year costs $200,000 per year per poor guy. That’s the difference.
Okay, exempt a bunch of normal folks from taxes then. Hell, if you start with the lowest bracket you could give money to thousands of people.