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Nevada Bill Would Allow Tech Companies to Create Governments

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday February 06 2021, @04:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the company-towns-and-company-scrip dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:

Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments:

Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies to effectively form separate local governments.

Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch so-called Innovation Zones in Nevada to jumpstart the state's economy by attracting technology firms, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.

The zones would permit companies with large areas of land to form governments carrying the same authority as counties, including the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and courts and provide government services.

The measure to further economic development with the "alternative form of local government" has not yet been introduced in the Legislature.

[...] The governor's economic development office did not respond to questions about the zones Wednesday.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 07 2021, @03:51PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 07 2021, @03:51PM (#1109960) Journal

    Except that's not true, in a bunch of those coal mining towns you had to buy from the company store in order to get the gear you needed to do your job and the money you paid to the store was enough to ensure that you were always in debt to the company.

    Do these company towns have names? How much is a bunch? How does the company collect on that debt once you move out and start working for a competitor?

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 08 2021, @06:27PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday February 08 2021, @06:27PM (#1110322) Homepage Journal

    Historical not current. Look up debtor's prison for why everything he said is completely accurate.

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