You might think Vail is pretty or Big Sky has sweet powder, but they’re also modern-day company towns that treat workers like its the 1800s. twitter.com/zak_podmore/st
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“If a company wants to keep its information private, it should not be applying for special deals with the state,” said Geoffrey Lawrence, director of research at the .
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Tweeted about this yesterday, but doing it again because it's a BFD. Love to see the White House backing what so many champions at the state and federal level are trying to do re: reining in Apple and Google's power.
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Scoop: The FTC is preparing a potential antitrust lawsuit against Amazon that could challenge an array of Amazon's business practices as anticompetitive. Suit could land as soon as the spring. w/ wsj.com/articles/ftc-p $AMZN
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Great coverage of our hearing last week by !
There’s no reason why we can’t protect workers and ensure companies aren’t skirting the law to avoid paying taxes by simply enforcing the rules on the books.
wesa.fm/economy-busine
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States are losing billions of dollars in revenue to a backdoor subsidy for car rental corporations.
Here’s how and what to do about it:
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This morning's Numlock features interesting stories from
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My newsletter today explains a backdoor way states are subsidizing the three big rental car corporations, who then turn around and lobby to ensure they stay dominant
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Reminder on why state legislatures stepping up to ban worker noncompete agreements is so important:
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Love love love to see this ban on worker noncompete agreements from and a great list of co-sponsors. #MNleg should step up and get this done! revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php
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🚨 's is asking for ANOTHER giant tax break in Nevada, paid for by taxpayers (after a week of news about their cars combusting & killing people) 🚨
A 🧵 on why these deals are bad for the public and why we need to #BanSecretDeals:
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Attention elected officials: constituents hate when you spend their money on secret deals for tax breaks for giant tech corporations.
We’re watching you. We need to #BanSecretDeals.
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checking out @fightmonopolies' campaign
bansecretdeals.org and tennessee's very own Gallatin City Council is featured with their $20 million secret deal with Facebook in May 2020...
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checking out ' campaign
bansecretdeals.org and tennessee's very own Gallatin City Council is featured with their $20 million secret deal with Facebook in May 2020...
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My latest, in : With Virginia already the home of so much data center construction, why is giving $140 million of taxpayers' money for the equivalent of just one month's worth of supposed IT job growth?
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My newsletter today explains a backdoor way states are subsidizing the three big rental car corporations, who then turn around and lobby to ensure they stay dominant
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Minnesota’s is calling for increased funding for consumer protection and antitrust enforcement, to keep pace w an economy that has grown by 50% in the last decade.
State AG’s are critical in the fight for a fair economy. twitter.com/econliberties/
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Didn't turn out so well last time. boondoggle.substack.com/p/seriously-wh
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"Surprise" economic development announcements are bad public policy.
Governor to make ‘major economic announcement’ for Kansas ksn.com/news/local/gov
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"Surprise" economic development announcements are bad public policy.
Governor to make ‘major economic announcement’ for Kansas
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Replying to
Noting the really great bills consistently introduced by & -- addresses this issue by repealing preemptions on local broadband, busting the corporate broadband monopoly in this state. Hope reporters asked him about that!
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To my many friends in greater Fort Wayne, I offer you the nation's model hospital monopolist . . .
This is well chronicled by the
Indiana's HB1004 will go a long way in dismantling these monopolies, while protecting our local hospitals.
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Woo!
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Thanks to our leaders @rontkim and @PhilSteck for filing the compact in New York! Imagine if the 99% of regular business owners paid the same tax rates as the 1% who get special deals...that's a level playing field (a Buffalo Bills reference). assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02594
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State senator calls for probe of Baltimore’s sprawling tax break system therealnews.com/state-senator-
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Film tax credits are 💩💩, 👎👎, no stars, would not recommend.
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The Minnesota Senate introduced two pieces of legislation that will fight monopoly power, help constituents, & protect small businesses.
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explaining what’s in these bills & why they’re a powerful example of how states can stand up against monopolies.Show this thread
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So great to see the Biden Administration agree that Google and Apple have too much power over the app economy. Here's much more on the issue, if you're interested.
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Many thanks to, uhhhh, whoever it was that included my recent newsletter on corporate power and rents in the materials for this Minnesota House hearing 🤷♂️ leg.mn.gov/cal?d1=01/31/2
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Elon Musk's Tesla is in line for more massive corporate handouts from Nevada, which the public isn't allowed to know about because of nondisclosure agreements.
This is super corrupt, and should be a scandal.
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Strong set of letters this morning at #mnleg from , , and (posted/not printed) in support of ’s budget for protecting MNs from corporate monopolies. #BreakEmUp
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Big things happening in Minnesota 👇👇
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NY will lose $1.5B by '25 if we let our corporate tax rate expire. , & I know we need support from the richest people and corps to address NY's needs. Our bill would fairly and equitably raise revenue from the wealthiest corporations.
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We need more transparency & accountability of public pension money tied to alternative investments that charge 2% asset management fees.
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ICYMI: In his latest newsletter, examines how 's AWS has gotten away with using taxpayer money to build its data centers, especially in Virginia -- or as one resident calls it, "the Commonwealth of Amazon."
Read Boondoggle here.👇🎲
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When it comes to corporate subsidies, taxpayers deserve access to as much information about the terms of a deal as any Wall Street investor, hedge fund operator or bank loan officer would have. It's time to #bansecretdeals that fail that transparency test.
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Some of the most paternalistic garbage I've seen yet from a monopoly utility:
"Disconnections are a last resort to protect customers from arrearages so substantial that they may never recover." - Exelon
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Great tool here for sharing with the FTC your stories about why noncompete agreements should be banned. Share far and wide!
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🚨BIG: We’re launching BanNoncompetes.org, a new website that provides an easy way for the millions of workers, small business owners, & entrepreneurs affected by noncompete agreements to voice their support of ’s proposed ban.
Check it out.⬇️
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While your power was being shut off, here's what utility giant NextEra was spending its record profits on:
- $11.2 MILLION on $$ for corporate executives.
- $8.1 BILLION on dividends for shareholders.
Utility monopolies are out of control. Ban shutoffs.
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Free idea: Don't make deals like this one.
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