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I can speak from what I saw with my own two eyes regarding tax breaks.
In the 1990's BMW built a plant in the upstate of South Carolina where I lived at the time. The state gave them unprecedented tax breaks, relaxation of regulations to build the plant, etc. (South Carolina was in competition with several other states to get it)
It resulted in thousands of jobs at the plant and many, many more in the surrounding area, and an economic upswing that the area had NEVER seen before and when I left South Carolina in 2008 it was still THE engine that made Spartanburg, Greer, Greenville, Easley and every other town within 50 miles tick.
Created billions of dollars in the local economy.
And if you don't think that is real and corporations shouldn't get tax breaks...then doesn't that sort of say that a FLAT tax should be implemented so everybody pays the same percentage and get rid of all the write offs and exemptions?
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