Amazon's cloud business leads American companies in shifting its electric cost to taxpayers

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Who agrees to these give-aways? Any chance they are being compensated?

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corruption as a trade secret? well, if nothing else, it’s internally consistent…

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I don’t even know if this would be that big a deal if the wealthy paid their fair share of taxes in the first place.

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I believe it is mainly private utility commissions or those appointed by an elected mayor or governing body. The key is whtehter they are transparent or not. Most public utility commissions will fight for the public’s interest. Someone is getting big time kick backs in these deals. Amazon free shipping for life? Hmmm…

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