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Living wages and TIF dollars


Geoff

By Geoff Dougherty

July 02, 2010 @ 1:59 PM


Bernard Stone
More on the Walmart front: Alderman Bernie Stone's pushing for a revival of the proposed living-wage ordinance, and the Reader interviews a labor historian who raises the possibility that the retailer will seek TIF money to build out new stores. 

On one hand, helping one of the largest corporations in America doesn't seem to be a wise use of tax dollars. On the other hand, why should Walmart be excluded from the city's TIF bonanza -- nobody else is. 

 

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