>Private companies don't owe you anything... Money quote. These are businesses, not charities. So they have to make business decisions. Amazon was right to wa

>Private companies don't owe you anything... Money quote. These are businesses, not charities. So they have to make business decisions. Amazon was right to walk away. (And yes, I realize that the same business reality will oblige Amazon to put several more thousand jobs in NYC in any case. But guess what? I'd bet any money they won't put as many as they would have. They will put several more thousand in DC instead.) Before anyone gets mad at Amazon for behaving in this manner, yell at your political leaders for making these offers in the first place.