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Scamming the States

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Companies like Boeing, Dell and Daimler-Chrysler know how to extort
tax cuts and subsidies from states eager to keep jobs from fleeing. But
taxpayers, community groups and even a Supreme Court review are pushing
back on corporate giveaways.

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Greg LeRoy
Greg LeRoy directs Good Jobs First, where he co-wrote "Uncle Sam's Rusty Toolkit."

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