Now if only companies like Amazon actually paid taxes, the American public school system wouldn't be as bad as it is...,(reply>), While amazon the company gets many tax breaks the reason for this is because the many high paying jobs they bring in to the state or city. These high paying jobs of course do get taxed and is where the states make up the money from the deal. In addition these deals usually last for about 5-10 years after which they get to tax the company as well. And if a company has been in a location for 5-10 years it isn't likely to want to move its headquarters or offices and pay more money to do so to get another tax break. People need to stop commenting on things they don't understand and  try talking to an expert in the field instead.