Let me simplify things, USA is great in one way: it has 50 states and thousands of other jurisdictions with their local laws and taxes. Now Amazon said that we

Let me simplify things, USA is great in one way: it has 50 states and thousands of other jurisdictions with their local laws and taxes. Now Amazon said that we plan on bringing xx thousand employees with XXX million in tax revenue and other benefits. Which city can give us a better deal, considering our volume? You buy a screwdriver for $12 but if you want 1 million screwdrivers, the price might drop to $2 or they'll ask you to buy the factory. So, Amazon asked for offers from 50 US states represented by the BEST (a joke maybe but...) people elected by their voters. If they agreed to it, what's the problem? NY and NYC can hire every law and accounting firm in the country they want to vet it out...who are you to question it, what are your qualifications? Will the restaurants in Queens not report higher sales because of AMZN 25 years from now? Or dry cleaning outfits, dog walkers and therapists? That's MONEY. More or less, every penny they'll make it will be taxed (prob twice) in NY.