New Jersey Policy Perspective joined forces yesterday with Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey to oppose the state’s main bid for Amazon’s new headquarters: a bid for the city of Newark fueled by an estimated $7 billion in tax breaks. NJPP and AFP-NJ were joined by Assembly Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski and the American Legislative Exchange Council, making for a case of strange bedfellows in the State House.
“The groups convening today’s press conference don’t agree on much when it comes to tax and economic policy,” NJPP Vice President Jon Whiten said, “but we are in absolute agreement that offering $7 billion in tax breaks to a single corporation is terrible policy and a big step in the wrong direction.”
More from the press event, from NJTV News:
