Where is the COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS?
Where was the public scrutiny before this MASSIVE GIVEAWAY?
GE’s warm welcome to Boston shouldn’t include free rent
"....At GE’s request, Boston has already committed to spend up to $100 million to replace the Northern Avenue Bridge. The state, meanwhile, has committed $120 million in assorted grants, plus $25 million in “Commonwealth-financed improvements to streets, transit, bikeways, and water transportation service.”
Walsh and Governor Charlie Baker both hailed GE’s move as a tremendous coup. The corporate welfare that made it happen is rationalized as the cost of competition. The total price tag is still unknown — and so is what we get in return....."
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/03/28/warm-welcome-boston-shouldn-include-free-rent/8rYBIcXtj9TbEMSqjenkDO/story.html
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