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Title: Amazon Subsidy Bill a Big Step in the Wrong Direction Source: NJ Policy perspective Date: Jan 5, 2018

*Summary:* In 2006, the state “paid” – through future tax credits – *$186 million for these 15,167 jobs*. In 2015, the state paid *7 and a half times as much – $1.4 billion – for the 14,385 jobs*. Put another way, the cost per subsidized job shot up from about $12,000 to nearly $98,000. Link: http://bit.ly/2FQ6BY1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library