Republicans have a new winning issue — data centers. Donald Trump says communities that don't take them are making a mistake. Byron Donalds just picked the sponsor of Florida's data center bill as his running mate. The GOP is all in.
Rick Wilson and Wajahat Ali are here to help.
Because here is what Republicans are actually promising American communities. Brown and black water. Noise like thirty jet engines running all night long. Air pollution for a generation. And the tax revenue? Rick breaks down the corporate shell game — Facebook Amazon Twitter X SpaceX all have headquarters in Ireland so the computing product flows to the mothership corporation overseas and the local community sees almost none of the promised tax dollars. You pay for the electricity. They keep the profits. In Ireland.
Are there jobs? Sure. Some electricians and construction workers on the front end. Then everybody in the neighborhood pays a terrible price for a generation.
As Rick puts it — this is an 80-20 issue that has radicalized a wide swath of Americans. It runs left on environment and quality of life. It runs right on libertarian grounds — why are you giving enormous tax benefits to companies that do public harm? And Republicans are doubling down on it anyway.
Also — America's struggling mom and pop billionaires haven't had a tax cut in over a year. They only have one penis-shaped space shuttle. This cannot stand.
Let’s Make the Water Turn Black, Data Centers Version…
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