Apple to build campus in Austin and sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City
Big corps love to brag about "adding jobs", but don't like to brag about the "tax incentives" they are getting. There are usually huge costs for the whole community.<p>Austin tax incentives for Apple seem to be relatively small [1], but Foxconn factory in Wisconsin is an extreme case. I highly recommend the Replay All podcast episode on this [2][3]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.statesman.com/news/20120901/austin-council-oks-86m-in-incentives-for-new-apple-facility" rel="nofollow">https://www.statesman.com/news/20120901/austin-council-oks-8...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/132-negative-mount-pleasant#episode-player" rel="nofollow">https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/132-negative-mount-ple...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128133/foxconn-deal-wisconsin-factory-mount-pleasant-trump-reply-all-sruthi-pinnamaneni" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128133/foxconn-deal-wis...</a>