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100 1  LeRoy, Greg. 
245 14 The great American jobs scam :|bcorporate tax dodging and 
       the myth of job creation /|cGreg LeRoy. 
246 30 Corporate tax dodging and the myth of job creation 
250    1st ed. 
264  1 San Francisco, Calif. :|bBerrett-Koehler Publishers,
       |c[2005] 
264  4 |c©2005 
300    1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) :|billustrations. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 1  A BK currents book 
500    "Foreword by William Greider"--Cover. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The tax dodgers are coming! The tax dodgers are coming! --
       Site location 101 : companies decide where to expand or 
       relocate -- Fantus and the rise of the economic war among 
       the states -- "Single sales factor" and the corporate 
       assault on the income tax -- Property tax abatements and 
       your local school -- Subsidizing sprawl, subsidizing Wal-
       Mart -- Loot, loot, loot for the home team -- Shifting the
       burden -- Building a new consensus for reform. 
520    For the past 20 years, corporations have been receiving 
       huge tax breaks and subsidies in the name of jobs, jobs, 
       jobs. But, as Greg LeRoy demonstrates in this important 
       new book, it's become a costly scam. Playing states and 
       communities off against each other in a bidding war for 
       jobs, corporations reduce their taxes to next-to-nothing 
       and win subsidy packages that routinely exceed $100,000 
       per job. But the subsidies come with few strings attached.
       So companies feel free to provide fewer jobs, or none at 
       all, or even outsource and lay people off. They are also 
       free to pay poverty wages without health care or other 
       benefits. All too often, communities lose twice. They lose
       jobs--or gain jobs so low-paying they do nothing to help 
       the community--and lose revenue due to the huge corporate 
       tax breaks. That means fewer resources for maintaining 
       schools, public services, and infrastructure. In the end, 
       the local governments that were hoping for economic 
       revitalization are actually worse off. They're forced to 
       raise taxes on struggling small businesses and working 
       families, or reduce services, or both. Greg LeRoy uses up-
       to-the-minute examples, naming names--including Wal-Mart, 
       Raytheon, Fidelity, Bank of America, Dell, and Boeing--to 
       reveal how the process works. He shows how carefully 
       corporations orchestrate the bidding wars between states 
       and communities. He exposes shadowy site location 
       consultants who play both sides against the middle, and he
       dissects government and corporate mumbo-jumbo with plain 
       talk. The book concludes by offering common-sense reforms 
       that will give taxpayers powerful new tools to deter 
       future abuses and redirect taxpayer investments in ways 
       that will really pay off. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Corporations|xCorrupt practices|zUnited States. 
650  0 Corporations|xTaxation|zUnited States. 
650  0 Tax evasion|zUnited States. 
650  0 Tax incentives|zUnited States. 
650  0 Job creation|zUnited States. 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xTaxation|xCorporate.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xTaxation|xSmall Business.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Corporations|xCorrupt practices.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00879825
650  7 Corporations|xTaxation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00879935 
650  7 Job creation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00983666 
650  7 Tax evasion.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01143749 
650  7 Tax incentives.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01143783 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aLeRoy, Greg.|tGreat American jobs scam.
       |b1st ed.|dSan Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, ©2005
       |z9781576753156|w(DLC)  2005041107|w(OCoLC)57641614 
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