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Old 10-02-2019, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by njbchbum View Post
Where has ANY poster "claimed" that incentives were necessary for the Developer or that the Developer even sought them out? How much pressure is put on the Developer to bring more new housing/retail units into a local community in order to boost their tax base?
If an investment would have been made without the governmental incentive, then the incentive is a gift of taxpayer money to the recipient.