> However, I have trouble believing that the "knowledge workers" who will join Amazon would otherwise have been unemployed and underpaid. No, but they might ot

> However, I have trouble believing that the "knowledge workers" who will join Amazon would otherwise have been unemployed and underpaid. No, but they might otherwise have been employed somewhere else, like SF. It's a zero-sum game, which is part of the reason why this whole bidding for corporate headquarters business is silly from a national perspective.