Let's not act like the voters don't want this stuff, people were clamoring for Amazon to make their city its HQ. Not just politicians, the constituents. I think

Let's not act like the voters don't want this stuff, people were clamoring for Amazon to make their city its HQ. Not just politicians, the constituents. I think it's funny people think this is all because corporations buy politicians, but that's such a simplification of the issue. Sports franchises, landing factory jobs, etc are big "wins" for politicians because it makes people vote for them. People want to spend -other- people's money on things that benefit them or their community, even if it's short sighted. People want things now. Long term investments don't show gains for years, and as Keynes famously said, in the long run we're all dead.