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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, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday February 08 2021, @01:53AM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday February 08 2021, @01:53AM (#1110098) Journal

    I make plenty of sense. If people refuse to see it, because they would rather worship their false God du jour (libtertarian "free market" principles, Trump having won the election, "all taxation is theft," what-the-fuck-ever), that is a problem with them, not me :)

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  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday February 10 2021, @10:58PM

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 10 2021, @10:58PM (#1111305) Homepage Journal

    I agree. You usually make plenty of sense.

    And maybe most mothers warned their children about you, but mine never did.

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