Look at Twitter. The lovely Twitter. “Twitter’s going to change the world.” Well, what does Twitter want from San Francisco? A tax break. A multimillion dollar tax break. Now, I’ve done a lot of work in this world, and the reality is: there’s no data ever, ever. Ever, ever, ever … to show that these tax breaks ever help you.
If you have to bribe a business to stay in your city, then there’s something wrong with your city. And you should take that money and use it to fix your city. Not to bribe a business.
And they’re probably going to get it. And they’re a big business.
I tweeted the other day, “Twitter, don’t be evil.”
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jakec said:
You know what would be really great? Giving a private company a tax break. Sounds like Twitter is a service essential to our species’ survival and thus deserves as much financial support as possible despite its total lack of business plan.
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sarka reblogged this from generic1 and added:
Nah. Twitter deserves the tax break. Lure some other businesses into the city, too. Maybe revitalize mid-Market. Go,...
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