We are pleased to share with you the news that JwJ friend Greg LeRoy just released a new book -- The Great American Jobs Scam:  Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation – that exposes the failure of state and local job subsidies to reduce poverty, create new jobs, or enhance tax revenues.  Jobs Scam also documents how programs such as tax increment financing and enterprise zones – originally intended to help high-poverty areas – have been perverted so that they are in fact chewing up land, fueling sprawl, and undermining public schools and infrastructure that really do pay off in good jobs. Now available at  http://www.powells.com/s?kw=Jobs+Scam and in stores.  As William Greider writes in the foreword: "If this book makes you angry, as I expect it will, that is a good thing. Anger is the first step toward action. Get angry and join this diverse army of citizens forming up to reclaim the public good."  Greg Leroy and other allies will join us at the JwJ National Annual Meeting in St Louis from September 22 – 25 to solidify strategies to make economic development accountable to communities.  A pre-conference on Friday September 23 will feature success stories from the JwJ network such as the NY TRADES project and Good Jobs Vermont.  The early registration deadline for the national conference is August 15, so follow this link to register now.  You can either register online with a credit card or print out the registration form and send it in to us. Remember, your payment must be made online or postmarked by August 15 to qualify for the pre-registration rate! To find out more about the Jobs with Justice National Annual Meeting, visit http://www.jwj.org/AnnMtg/AnnMtg.htm.  "Greg LeRoy's provocative book reveals a story of billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies paid out to corporations for job creation without any accountability as to whether those corporations deliver on their promises. This book is an important wake-up call to all Americans." - Beth Shulman, Author, The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail Thirty Million Americans Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.  Tell-a-friend! HOME