{"id":4892,"date":"2012-12-09T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T18:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:49:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:49:20","slug":"the-epstein-report-state-subsidies-to-attract-corporate-investment-should-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=4892","title":{"rendered":"The Epstein Report: State Subsidies to Attract Corporate Investment Should be Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pf_pick_avatar_50.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4876\" \/>  <em>from <a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/\">The Real News Network<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cH-uuXRelE4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The money thrown at corporations by states to invite investment is a boondoggle that should be ended by federal law.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peri.umass.edu\/staff\/#c123\">Gerald Epstein<\/a> is the Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute and professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See also: <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/02\/us\/how-local-taxpayers-bankroll-corporations.html\">General Motors pushed hard for tax breaks in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. Some $200 million later, this is what remains<\/a>,&#8221; b Louise Story,<em> New York Times<\/em>,December 1, 2012 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/03\/us\/winners-and-losers-in-texas.html\">Lines Blur as Texas Gives Industries a Bonanza<\/a>,&#8221; by Louise Story, <em>New York Times<\/em>, December 2, 2012<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/04\/us\/when-hollywood-comes-to-town.html\">Michigan Town Woos Hollywood, but Ends Up With a Bit Part<\/a>,&#8221; by Louise Story, <em>New York Times<\/em>, December 3, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Real News Network The money thrown at corporations by states to invite investment is a boondoggle that should be ended by federal law. Gerald Epstein is the Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute and professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. See also: &#8220;General Motors pushed hard for tax breaks in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[1370,973,1717,1923,1924],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4892"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7060,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4892\/revisions\/7060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}