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Sure. Only the moment federal govt decides to use that to restrict Amazon's (any company's, really) ability to choose locations, said location will be moved out
by jimbobimbo 8y ago
Sure. Only the moment federal govt decides to use that to restrict Amazon's (any company's, really) ability to choose locations, said location will be moved outside of US altogether. Who'll benefit from that?
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe federal government already uses it's commerce clause powers in a way which limits the range of wage and working condition arbitrage between domestic jurisdictions; this limitation clearly hasn't stopped all new facilities from being sited in the US, even though it limits what deals jurisdictions can cut to attract facilities. The idea that limiting other race-to-the-bottom avenues similarly would inherently being catastrophic is not supported by good reasoning or evidence.
- Apocryphon 8y agoTech companies are so constrained to the West Coast that the HQ2 talent show was a big deal in the first place. It's incredibly doubtful that they have the capacity or the will to move outside the U.S.
- jimbobimbo 8y agoCanada is right around the corner.
- Apocryphon 8y agoIf Amazon had wanted Toronto for HQ2 they would have chosen Toronto for HQ2.