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I think you are missing the point. Those 50k jobs were going to en up in NYC and DC no matter what. The “competition” was used to get those two metro areas to o
by sundaeofshock 8y ago
I think you are missing the point. Those 50k jobs were going to en up in NYC and DC no matter what. The “competition” was used to get those two metro areas to offer buckets of money to a company that does not need said dollars. That money could have been put to much better use.
It was sleazy AF.
- true_religion 8y agoMeh, if the districts truly believe that, they can call Amazons bluff and retract their concessions. My belief is that the concessions Virginia (not DC) gave are pretty paltry, which is why everyone is focused on the NYC situation.
- ikeboy 8y agoIf one of the cities had refused to offer incentives, even if the article's premise is correct I think Amazon would have gone with the other only.
- sundaeofshock 8y agoAnd that would have been fine. NY could get much more bang for their buck then giving it to Amazon by — for example — investing it in the subway system.
- ikeboy 8y agoI don't they could get anywhere close to a 10X return on investment that way
- chrismcb 8y agoIn addition, all the other cities spent tax payer money to out proposals together. That has no chance