But, they aren't doing that. They're providing a good environment for that guy and that business, when the better idea is something along the lines of "TIF for everyone" or something. Probably not TIF though. If you have to offer tax abatements to get companies to even show up, it's a pretty damn good sign that you're taxes are pretty screwed up - otherwise you wouldn't have to abate them.
I pretty much agree, but im wondering, even if the taxes for all these cities lowered for all companies, wouldn't they still want to offer these same types of tax incentives for these really big companies?
Maybe once the tax burden is sufficiently reduced there are other considerations a large company might have. Like public transport, the cleanliness of the city, labor supply, etc.
What counts as sufficiently reduced then. It'd have to be a balance between tax savings and those other things of course, but I'm curious at what tax rate that is and if it's a "realistic" amount ---