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r/philadelphia•

For those who haven't read the redacted bid that was released, Philly's bid - and specifically its usage of TIF districts - was, in my opinion, a good bid. The bid is way better than the normal tax abatement deals given to corporations.

The $1.1 billion the city pledged to Amazon revolved around the creation of a new TIF district. The idea of a TIF district is that companies pay taxes, but they do not pay any incremental taxes from improvements to the property, or otherwise. This picture sums it up, well. Amazon pays Base AV until the ter

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r/sixers•

They say it's after the foot to foot contact that "causes JoJo to fall" that Harden grabs Embiid. They also say that Embiid being grabbed by Harden "does not affect his ability to defend the play." These claims are clearly bullshit.

We can see where Harden hooks his arm around Embiid. At this point, the NBA said that JoJo is already in the act of falling. But when we look a couple tenths of a second later, we can see JoJo land on his right foot with his center of gravity not over top (or close enough to lose balance) of his right leg (i.e. not falling). And we can also see Embiid pushed upright by Harden, affecting h

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