IDEXX Becomes First Corporation to Exploit Maine’s Global Corporate Welfare Act
Disclosure: The opinion and analysis presented here is by a layperson, based on independent study of Maine economic development statutes, This analysis presents an interpretation of Maine’s Major Business Headquarters Expansion Act as taxation of Maine citizens to underwrite a national or global corporation’s investments anywhere on earth.
Amazon Strikes America!
In 2018, Amazon was looking for a location for new headquarters In an article by Wharton University, Management, it is speculated that Amazon knew all along where their new headquarters would be located: .
.. Amazon received 238 proposals by the October 19 deadline from big cities like Boston, Chicago and Atlanta; smaller hip cities like Austin and Portland; gritty, nouveau-hip sites like Detroit and pre-hip Camden, N.J. (where the slogan is “Experience the Rebirth!”): regional bids like ones from Central Indiana or a three-city package in Missouri; and Northeast hopefuls betting on proximity to the corridors of power, like Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C The Headquarters Checklist: How do Companies Pick a Location- Wharton University
The Amazon contest generated a corporate welfare competition among the states of America, and a comprehensive map of…
