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Tennessee Governments Gift Amazon $166 Million In Tax Breaks

  • Amazon received $166 million in subsidies, tax breaks, and grants from Tennessee communities for 20 projects.
  • Advocacy group Good Jobs First, which opposes such subsidies, found Tennessee provided the eighth-highest amount of grants and breaks among U.S. states to the nearly $1-trillion company.
  • Tennessee is ranked behind Ohio (14 projects/$172 million) and ahead of Kentucky (21 projects/$112 million), Missouri (2 projects/$111 million), and Massachusetts (5 projects/$87 million).
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