Governor Mike Braun is in charge of the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Shelbyville Indiana decides to move forward with data center developer Prologis that is partnered with Skybox.
Strange how all these developments seem to benefit those who receive our tax dollars to play with!
Chris King currently serves as President of the Shelby County Development Corporation and participates in several economic development organizations throughout Indiana and is on the IEDC board.
Chris King owns Surge Development that “specialize in identifying and transforming high-potential locations into development-ready sites”. He also owns Runnebohm Construction which specializes in industrial building.
Data center Developers and Indiana County Representatives are notorious for nondisclosure agreements made during executive sessions.
Dear President Trump, Vice President Vance, Governor Braun, Micha Beckwith, AG Tod Rokita, Senator Jim Banks, Senator Todd Rokita, Representatives of Indiana:
We insist that you open an investigation and finish the audit concerning the transactions of The Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s involvement with LaPorte Indiana shell companies to transfer money overseas into a Cayman Island account only to DISAPPEAR.
We insist that you open an investigation and finish the audit concerning the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s involvement with Medicare-Medicaid-Medical Malpractice laws with Central Indiana Corporate Partnership’s Board of Directors and Initiates are predominately involved with Hoosier Health including Eli Lilly, Community Health Network, and Indiana University Health- an organization under severe scrutiny.
We insist that you open an investigation into Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s involvement with BESS centers across Indiana, Solar/Wind Fields built with Tax dollars to Supply the Data centers across Indiana that appear to be tied to the World Economic Forum and LEAP project in Boone County Indiana where the State of Indiana through IEDC is financing businesses – spending public funds for a private benefit- and building infrastructure that damages the environment, depletes water supplies, and exposes citizens to toxins WITH THEIR OWN MONEY.
We insist that you open an investigation into the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s involvement with the Indiana Association of Regional Councils where Hoosier Funds are distributed to fund organizations involved with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation including Purdue University, Notre Dame, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District- South Shore, Northern Indiana Regional Planning Commission-its former President Thomas P Dermody who is mayor of LaPorte Indiana-(location of a $500M nonprofit with an IEDC officer Leigh Morris involved) with his Right hand man Bert Cook Executive Director of the Local Economic Development organizations who checked into the location of where Shell Companies are located that transfer money to the Cayman Islands and involved in Kickbacks through election campaigns.
We insist that you open an investigation into the artificial inflation of electricity due to the Non-Profit Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) with $3.5 Billion in assets submitting a Tariff request to install the “Reliability Curve” that resulted in a rise in cost from $30 in 2024 to $666.50 in 2025 downgrading Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind) as nearly worthless, MISO’s activity within the Indiana Economic Development Initiatives including JOHN BEAR’s seat on the Energy Systems Network: Mission- Increase Renewable Energy such as solar/wind , and MISO members’ involvement with Data Center owners including NIPSCO-GenCo, Duke Energy, META-Google-Amazon to increase electricity use to benefit MISO and its members through Indiana Economic Development Corp Funds- HOOSIER MONEY- worldwide.
December 11, 20025 By Data Centers AI ChatGPT with facts provided by Kimberly Mann
Northern Indiana is experiencing a utility crisis fueled by rising electricity costs, inaccessible decision-making, and a pipeline of policy decisions that elevate corporate and utility interests above public welfare. A close review of regulatory filings, legislative texts, grid operator classifications, and utility statements reveals a pattern: NIPSCO and its parent company, NiSource, have positioned themselves at the center of an incentive-driven system that profits while Hoosiers pay more.
Utilities Paid to Generate—and NOT Generate—Electricity
NIPSCO receives compensation both for producing electricity and for not producing it under certain market conditions (PJM and MidContinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market rules, demand response programs). These financial structures allow utilities to profit regardless of customer relief or grid stability.
At the same time, NIPSCO can sell excess electricity—produced with customer-funded infrastructure—to foreign markets for higher profit. Source: NIPSCO public claims on “excess power sales” (NIPSCO.com).
Electricity as a Life-Sustaining Commodity in Indiana
Northern Indiana’s winter climate makes electricity and gas critical to survival. Many residents choose between utilities and food on a monthly basis (Source: Indiana Community Action Poverty Data, 2023)
1. Closed-Door Development Networks Influence Land Use and Energy Demand
NIPSCO sits on local and regional economic development boards that help determine land use, industrial siting, and incentive allocation. These boards often conduct negotiations behind closed doors, outside public oversight.
A major structural shift occurred when a federal judge ruled the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) was not a public agency but a private corporation that is funded with hardworking citizen’s tax dollars ranging in the billions of dollars. Source: Federal District Court ruling, widely reported (2024).
This means billions in taxpayer-funded incentives are administered by a private entity acting without public transparency.
2. Industrial Energy Guzzlers Subsidized by Taxpayers
Large commercial operations are placed on Indiana farmland with monetary support from:
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts
State and federal subsidies
Local tax abatements
Economic development incentive packages
Utility-backed discount programs (EDRs)
These incentives shift costs downward onto residential customers.
Meanwhile, utilities use the arrival of energy-intensive facilities to justify new generation construction—costs that also fall on ratepayers.
3. Renewable Energy Projects Classified as Unreliable by Grid Operators
MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator), the grid operator for Northern Indiana, designated solar, wind, and battery storage as “unreliable/intermittent” resources on the 2024 reliability curve. Source: MISO Reliability-Based Demand Curve (RBDC) briefings, 2024–2025; MISO Resource Adequacy Subcommittee (RASC) update 7/10/2024.
Because of this classification, these renewable projects contribute little to the capacity obligation that determines customer rates—even though they receive enormous subsidies.
Impact: They raise, not lower, long-term cost obligations.
4. House Bill 1007: Guaranteed Utility Profits and Nuclear Development Subsidies
Indiana House Bill 1007 (May 2025), authored by Rep. Ed Soliday, allows utilities to:
Recover 80% of small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) development costs upfront
Recover the remaining 20% even if the reactor is never completed
Charge residential customers for new power plants while also receiving economic development subsidies
Collect ongoing operational costs if the IURC blocks retirement of any generation resource
Sources: Indiana House Bill 1007, 2025 session (legislative text) Public reporting on SMR project failures nationwide (DOE, NRC status updates)
No Small Modular nuclear Reactor facility in the U.S. has been completed.
NIPSCO spent $141,100 on lobbying legislation in topics Energy, Environment, Licensure, Taxation, Utilities in 2024. Source: Indiana Lobby Registration Commission (ILRC) annual filings. Rep. Soliday represents the area where NIPSCO is headquartered (Merrillville) and serves on the Committee on Utilities, Energy, and Telecommunications. All 5 of the 5 bills authored by Rep. Ed Soliday involved Energy generation, carbon sequestration, Quantum research (data centers) tax incentives, Expedited approval of electric transmission and generation projects. Others Co Sponsored and Sponsored included but not limited to Water, Wastewater, IURC matters, Nuclear reactor development costs, energy production zones, water utilities, and construction of data centers. Source: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/legislators/legislator_edmond_soliday_864
5. Capacity Cost Explosion: $30 → $666.50
MISO’s first-ever application of the Reliability-Based Demand Curve (RBDC) that qualifies Solar/Wind as unreliable triggered a record capacity price spike:
This represents a 2,122% increase, the highest in regional history.
Despite billions in renewable investments, capacity costs still rose because MISO classified renewables as unreliable.
6. NIPSCO’s Internal Economic Development Network
NIPSCO divides Northern Indiana into mapped territories, each managed by an in-house economic development representative. These NIPSCO employees sit on the following boards among other local Economic Development boards listed at the bottom of this report:
Indiana Economic Development Corporation
Northwest Indiana Forum
Michiana Regional Economic Development Corporation
Their mission: recruit large commercial energy consumers into NIPSCO’s territory.
7. Renewable Projects Owned or Contracted by NIPSCO
NIPSCO’s renewable portfolio includes:
Dunns Bridge I
Dunns Bridge II
Cavalry Solar Energy Center
Indiana Crossroads
Fairbanks Solar
Crossroads II Wind
Green River Solar- upcoming
Gibson Solar Gibson County- upcoming
Fairbanks Solar Sullivan County- upcoming
Appleseed Solar Cass County-upcoming
Source: NIPSCO Generation Transition portfolio.
These projects require heavy subsidies but do not reduce capacity costs under MISO’s rules.
NIPSCO claims customers received $60 million in Renewable Energy Credit (REC) returns since 2021.Source: NIPSCO public statements (2024–2025).Yet residential electric and gas bills rose about 30% in 2025 when including the loophole titled: Delivery charge. Just a $28 use of gas charges resulted in a $75 delivery fee plus a kwh raise.
These assessments confirm what the data shows: the system is working extremely well for utilities and investors—and failing residents.
Conclusion: A System Designed Against Consumers
This investigation shows a circular, self-reinforcing structure:
Utilities recruit large industrial energy users.
Industries receive taxpayer-funded incentives and discounted electricity.
Utilities claim new generation must be built to serve them.
Utilites lobby Representatives to force IURC to raise rates and payments for uncompleted/forced-open projects
Utilities build unreliable renewable facilities that raise capacity costs.
Utilities cite capacity shortfalls to raise residential rates.
Excess reliable power is sold to foreign markets for profit.
Financial markets reward utilities for “margin expansion.”
Meanwhile, Indiana families—facing record costs and limited oversight—are left to shoulder the burden.
Unless regulatory conditions change and public transparency improves, Indiana’s energy landscape will continue prioritizing private profit over public necessity.
Short List of NIPSCO employees on the boards of Economic Development programs in Indiana:
**The Association of Indiana Counties (AIC)– Board of Directors-Cindy Admave NIPSCO. AIC’s purposes and goals are to seek the betterment of county government through: representation of counties at the Indiana General Assembly; research and dissemination of information; communications through publications and seminars; professional training and educational programs; liaison between counties, state and federal agencies; and technical and managerial assistance. While there are a number of agencies and groups offering assistance to county government, AIC is the only entity that represents the legislative needs of Indiana counties.” https://web.indianacounties.org/Associate/NIPSCO-206
**Starke County Economic Development Foundation – SCEDF Sponsors: Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) Cindy Admave, Economic Development Department.
**Unity Foundation board of directors: Katie Eaton is the Public Affairs & Economic Development Manager at NIPSCO…Eaton most recently served as the President of the Michigan City Chamber of Commerce.
*”LaPorte Economic Advancement Partnership Board of directors: Cindy Admave, Bert Cook, Mayor Thomas Dermody, Michael Riehle, Assessor Mike Schultz
** Urban Enterprise Association of LaPorte (UEA) Board of Directors : Cindy Admave NIPSCO Economic Development Manager, Bert Cook, Mayor Thomas Dermody, Michael Riehle, Assessor Mike Schultz
**Greater LaPorte Economic Development BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NIPSCO Cindy Admave, Mayor Thomas Dermody, Michael Riehle, Assessor Mike Schultz
**Valparaiso Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors :. Katie Eaton is the Public Affairs & Economic Development Manager at NIPSCO.
**South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce: South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors :
**Lake County IN Economic Alliance Board of Directors: Alexius Barber NIPSCO
**Questa Education Foundation Board of Directors : Dana Berkes is Manager of Public Affairs for NIPSCO, overseeing public affairs, economic development, and community relations in 11 Northeast Indiana counties. She serves as Vice President of the Purdue Fort Wayne Foundation board and holds leadership roles with Greater Fort Wayne, Inc., Junior Achievement, and others. https://www.questafoundation.org/news/2025/8/19/questa-welcomes-three-new-board-members
** Michigan City Economic Development Corp : Board of Directors : Robert J. Schaefer’s involvement in economic development began during his time working At NIPSCO. He was assigned by NIPSCO to work with economic development agencies Throughout the region to assist them in their efforts to attract and retain businesses. Each of These agencies felt that NIPSCO’s Presence at the table was valuable and Necessary for them to be successful. When Mayor Sheila Brillson took office, Among her highest priorities was job Creation and economic development. She Wanted Michigan City to be in the forefront In this arena. In order to realize her vision, She put together a small group of experts To assist and advise her. One of those Experts was Bob. Bob called upon his economic Development experience with NIPSCO. He Knew what attributes an organization Needed to make economic development Efforts effective. Based largely on Bob’s advice, an existing non-profit organization Was repurposed to become MCEDC with a Board of directors consisting of members Appointed by the Mayor and the Chamber Of Commerce. Bob’s involvement did not end with the formation of MCEDC https://edcmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bob-Schaefer-Bio.pdf
** Northwest Indiana Forum : Northern Indiana Public Service Company, LLC (NIPSCO) welcomes Spencer Summers to the role of Economic Development Manager. In this role, Summers will position Northwest Indiana’s strategic assets to decision-makers nationwide while cultivating relationships with site selectors, investors and industry leaders to advance sustainable economic growth, enhance regional competitiveness and expand business opportunities throughout the area….Before joining NIPSCO, Summers served as the Economic Development Director at the Northwest Indiana Forum and as Facility and League Director at The Courts of Northwest Indiana in Valparaiso. He obtained a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems from Purdue University Northwest in 2023, following a double major in Business Management and Human Resources from PNW in 2022 https://greatnews.life/article/nipsco-welcomes-spencer-summers-as-new-economic-development-manager/
Other NIPSCO Affiliations/Information Concerning Economic Development organizations in Northwest Indiana:
**Indiana University Northwest launches inaugural Economic Development Academy. Regional economic development professionals will serve as program leaders, imparting their expertise and experience with program participants. Those leaders include:
Anthony Sindone and Micah Pollak, IU Northwest, economists specializing in regional economic development
Rick Calinski, NIPSCO, Director of Public Affairs and Economic Development
Heather Ennis, Northwest Indiana Forum, President & CEO
Seth Spencer, Sera Group, CEO
***Dec 3, 2025:Donald Babcock said he was officially “retired” for about four months after a 43-year stint at NIPSCO. He now works for PNW as director of economic development and community relations. https://nwindianabusiness.com/article/next-acts-2025-12/
**Gov. Mike Braun hired Washington-based FTI Consulting Inc. to conduct a forensic audit of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. after Indiana Legislative Insight reported allegations of self-dealing among the agency and its affiliates….The big picture: The audit reported no criminal findings but dozens of instances of “gaps in governance and inadequate policies and procedures.” Forty-six donors, including Rolls-Royce, NIPSCO, AES and Pure Development, which is heavily involved in the IEDC-led LEAP development in Boone County, received either payments or tax credits from the IEDC.https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2025/10/06/what-to-know-about-the-iedc-investigation
Strolling through my lush green garden of flowers and veggies, my concerns from earlier in the day seeped into my enjoyment. Politicians and I live in two separate worlds that often collide due to their involvement with Subjects such as how to create a problem to finance my next business which is lightyears from my world of natural gardening with predators and pollinators.
From my own experiences dealing with political adversaries, I can guarantee you that most politicians are not just partial to the colors Red and Blue. They all see Green. Green walking around the streets of the United States in the form of taxpayers.
People have been screaming around Northern Indiana about all of the homeless people walking the streets. One of the biggest mistakes that citizens can make is asking the government to solve a problem. Even if they don’t know how or cant solve the problem, they will definitely spend money to make it appear they have made a honest attempt while putting some extra cash into a friend’s bank account.
Over the past week, several subjects have hit the news. Trump’s policy on homelessness created a stir in my fingers that always prompts the keyboard to sing with delight at the prospect of being used. Homelessness is not just a mental issue as Trump has professed in his latest news release on the White House website. It’s also, and quite possibly even more so, a poverty problem which is exasperated by the next topic, Economic Development.
In a recent news release, the governor of Indiana took note of the homelessness problem while addressing Economic Development that is funded by tax payer dollars. I’m sure this same conversation is taking place in all Governor’s offices throughout the United States. Indiana’s governor appeared to be happy to solve the homeless issue by suggesting distribution of more money to large Developers who build high rises for the rich. I do believe this is the opposite of what the population expects.
Speaking of populations, my time allotted to write my thoughts on paper have slipped through the hourglass and so I’m off to check on my population of worms for the next batch of vermicompost in search of my next paycheck and the idea to prevent our politicians from giving our money to their friends.
Being a United States citizen requires duty to country which entails keeping an eye on how our tax dollars, money taken directly out of your paycheck, and settlements from lawsuits that require our paychecks to instigate are spent.
The announcement of a $500 million dispersement by the Biden Harris Administration out of the Economic Development Administration to Tech Hubs that appear to employ degreed citizens, not generally located in distressed areas required by law, made the headlines.
A few months ago, I wrote about the fentanyl problem in LaPorte County Indiana and pointed out that none of the Opioid settlement money had been expended in La Porte City (LaPorte County) nor in Michigan City (LaPorte County) that was received in the 2023 allotment. Heavy drug use is usually found in distressed areas. So, we can identify LaPorte County as distressed.
Now, we are curious 1. Where all of this “extra money” is banked away 2. And, Why? In reality, LaPorte County is ranked Number 8 (pic 1) on the highest poverty for Children and Number 15 (pic 1) on the highest poverty for adults list in Indiana with substantial numbers of fentanyl deaths per capita. While understanding the poverty numbers, LaPorte County is so rich that we can spend more than $7.5 Million on Office Supplies (pic 3) for Economic Development in 2023 and more than $5 Million on Office Supplies (pic 4)for Economic Development in 2022 which doesn’t come close to the total of Billions of tax dollars spent on this program. It’s not just LaPorte County. It’s the entire nation.
Pic 1Pic 2Pic 3
Who can explain where all of this money goes? Why do we not have a plan to use an Opioid settlement to control or try to help our citizens fighting fentanyl issues when our citizens are expiring at an astronomical rate due to fentanyl in poverty situations? How can we spend almost $8 Million dollars on Economic Development Office Supplies when our citizens and children do not seem to benefit from the results of this effort which is the purpose of Economic Development?
The United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) guideline reads “Grants made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets to support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities.” EDA https://eda.gov/about This guideline follows the intent of Congress which cannot be changed by the EDA without Congressional consent.
If there are reasonable explanations, we would love to hear from those who know. We would love to hear the explanation of why the Economic Development program is heavily funded to develop areas due to blight but it never seems to help those it is intended (by Congress) to benefit.
Through many types of taxation from income tax to state tax to property tax, we are billed for our government services through the usage or acquisition of money. In the words of Christopher Bullock “You lye, you are not sure; for I say, Woman, ’tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes.”
A Property tax article brought out a point of interest concerning who pays for local services with House and Apartment Renters, 95 out of 100 times, claimed they did not have to pay any type of property tax even through their landlord. Your landlord charges you for everything, including property taxes. It’s all a trickle down system.
The landlord buys a house to rent. He cleans it up, maintains the building-sometimes providing utilities in the cost of rent, and rents it to your family. The landlord figures up how much his mortgage will be per month, cost of utilities, average cost of maintenance, property taxes per month, plus his paycheck for providing a service then deduces your monthly Rental fee. The higher the property tax, the higher the rental fee.
Understanding that we ALL pay for local services, such as salaries to elected representatives like Commissioners or Mayors and road/sidewalk repairs, is the first step to realizing that every dollar taken from your paycheck is to SERVE you. It is the reason your paycheck is written for only $300 of the $500 earned. That is a capitalist society.
A socialist society takes your money from your paycheck to SERVE others such as Microsoft who promises to hire a 1000 employees or giving money to certain businesses to keep them running regardless of their failed business model but are good friends of the elected. Its based on the “collective good” or the “common good”. There is not one example of a Socialist society that didn’t fail.
Property taxes, as well as other types of taxes, in the United States are being used for socialist types of activities. You have to ask yourself “How does giving $100 million tax dollars to a corporate conglomerate Serve me? “If it doesn’t, then you are in a socialist society misnamed “Economic Development”. You are being forced to invest in, without any profit, a business that belongs to another person. It is worse than being forced to buy a product. The manufacturer has no expense, simply given your money.
The Constitution does not grant the federal government the power to force private commercial transactions or face a penalty for declining to buy a particular product. A specific and infamous reference is the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare which tried to force individuals for being alive to purchase health insurance. Congress can’t nor did they succeed in passing this legislation through the Commerce Clause. They had to change the entire wording after lengthy litigation to read ObamaCare as a Tax.
When your roads are falling to pieces, your sidewalks are in disrepair, your libraries look like mansions, and your elected are living the really good life while you are scraping by, you can bet that your money is not Serving you, but serving those who are “in the know.”
How Wonderful! Jobs will be created and disposable income will enter the region! This was the reaction by many when they heard Amazon Data Services is building a center in their area.
What they didn’t hear was the reasons why it may not be a great idea. Reasons like the cost to citizens.
Citizen Funding
“Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) committed an investment in AWS in the form of data center sales tax exemptions for eligible capital investments over a 50-year term. The IEDC also committed an investment of up to $18.3 million in the form of headcount-based tax credits, up to $5 million in training grants, up to $55 million in Hoosier Business Investment tax credits, and up to $20 million in redevelopment tax credits” (1)
That’s just the Indiana part. The Inflation Reduction Act provides all sorts of benefits to data centers like Amazon moving into Northwest Indiana. For example:
“The direct-pay option allows data center operators to receive tax credits in cash instead of applying financial benefits to defer future tax bills.” (2) And
“Credit sales provision allows for data centers that invest in equipment that reduces and/or sequesters carbon to essentially sell their credits to other organizations for cash. ” (2)
Environmentally Damaging
“…data centers largely operated by Amazon are said to be responsible for a 543% increase in carbon emissions per megawatt hour since 2010 at Umatilla Electric.” (3)
Coincidentally, local residents in Indiana near Amazons new data center have been fighting the Commissioners for a moratorium on a solar farm. Commissioners have refused to put the item on the agenda while knowing of their destructive nature while spending the tax payers dollar to increase gifts to Corporations.
State and local spending on corporate welfare has ballooned to at least $95 billion, up 200 percent in the past 30 years. Our government plays “Rich Robinhood” by calling it Economic Development and gives Billions of tax payer dollars to a small select group of Corporate business owners. Corporate welfare is out of control through Economic Development and Subsidy programs and inflicts direct harm upon the Economy. (4)
The dollar sign “target” is laying squarely on the backs of the working man by government officials. Our public debt is skyrocketing. Instead of targeting rich companies by reducing the amount of money granted, subsidized, and laundered through nonprofits, our Representatives are targeting every USA citizen including those who temporarily benefit from the policy for dollars to distribute to large Corporations in an effort to put their name in headlines of Media sources.
Some people believe that hundreds of millions of dollars expended to Billion dollar businesses to “create jobs”, sometimes as few as a thousand, is a great trade off. However, several studies have countered that claim. Read more on Evaluating State and Local Business Tax Incentives by Cailin Slattery Owen Zidar , a Princeton Economic study where:
“they do not find strong evidence that firm-specific tax incentives increase broader economic growth at the state and local level.” (5)
“They document an average growth of roughly 1,500 jobs within the specific industry of each deal.” (5)
“They don’t, however, see strong evidence of job growth in other industries or an effect on county-wide employment.” (5)
Community Involvement
These Conglomerates then use those dollars to promote Their version of community improvement. Amazon receives Billions of tax dollars, the most recent more than $100 Million in New Carlisle Indiana, to create a few jobs and then uses their political prowess for more political support such as:
Solar/Wind Farms:
“Amazon’s investments have created 26,000 full- and part-time jobs in the state[IN]. Amazon’s commitment to Indiana also includes enabling four solar farms and a wind farm,…” (6) Solar farms are known to create environmental damage such as wildlife displacement which seems to have had an effect on Sandhill cranes in Jasper-pulaski County Indiana where numbers fell after Solar farms installed.
Jasper Pulaski County Sandhill Crane numbers
Controversial Programs:
“..grant program aimed at supporting initiatives focused on six key themes: science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) education; sustainability and environment; economic development; future workforce development; inclusion, diversity, and equity; and homelessness, hunger, health, and well-being…” (6) while taking tax money directly intended for citizens, Amazon then hands out tax deductible grants to specific groups involved in controversial subjects like “sustainability and environment” and “inclusion, diversity, and equity”.
If that doesn’t sound like a political campaign, maybe the nearly $20 Million Amazon spent on lobbying in 2023 and more than $2 Million so far in 2024 (see note) with Top Recipient Joe Biden is merely a gesture of GoodWill or maybe lobbying “Issues related to taxes, including renewable energy tax credits” (7) listed on their lobby report had something to do with their Data Centers. Amazon, they are a Big fish!
NOTE: Organizations themselves cannot contribute to candidates and party committees. Figures include contributions and spending by affiliates.
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