New Jersey has approved $6.7 billion in tax breaks for corporations since January 2010, including $3.7 billion in just 2014 and 2015 alone, in a failed attempt to help the economy recover from the depths of the Great Recession.
At NJ Spotlight‘s inaugural “NJ Spotlight On Cities” conference in October, New Jersey Policy Perspective president Gordon MacInnes debated the merits of this largesse with New Jersey Business and Industry Association president Michele Siekerka in a conversation moderated by Spotlight reporter John Reitmeyer.
The news outlet recently made the audio available; it’s embedded below.
