Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors Tax Deal Fails on Principle and Economic Viability

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The deal the governor and the state Legislature cut with Tesla Motors to lure its proposed $5 billion lithium-ion battery plant to Nevada trammels the fundamental principles on which this nation was founded and is economically na?ve. The deal would allow the battery manufacturing facility to operate tax-free for a decade if it invests $3.5 billion here, eventually amounting … [Read more...] about Tesla Motors Tax Deal Fails on Principle and Economic Viability

Doling Out Tax Favors to Private Companies Does Nothing to Improve State’s Economy

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Largely overlooked at first during all the congratulatory back slapping ? which came with the news that Tesla Motors had built an earthen pad in an industrial park east of Sparks for its new $5 billion lithium-ion battery ?gigafactory? that would employ as many as 6,500 workers ? was a statement by Tesla CEO Elon Musk about what he expects the state getting the plant to shell … [Read more...] about Doling Out Tax Favors to Private Companies Does Nothing to Improve State’s Economy

Doling out tax favors to private companies does nothing to improve state?s economy

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Largely overlooked at first during all the congratulatory back slapping ? which came with the news that Tesla Motors had built an earthen pad in an industrial park east of Sparks for its new $5 billion lithium-ion battery ?gigafactory? that would employ as many as 6,500 workers ? was a statement by Tesla CEO Elon Musk about what he expects the state getting the plant to shell … [Read more...] about Doling out tax favors to private companies does nothing to improve state?s economy