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You're discounting the other uses that money could have had if it wasn't taken from taxpayers and given to the favoured company. How many small businesses were pushed over the margin by the taxes that were necessary to raise enough money to give benefits to a foreign corporation? How many companies had to lay off a few employees?

Governments don't have a great track record of picking winners, and companies that are capable of stealing headlines don't necessarily have a bigger or better impact than thousands of unknown businesses.




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