Did you actually read the article? > If Amazon stiffs Northern Virginia, future politicians elsewhere may be less eager to promise tax breaks and infrastructur

Did you actually read the article? > If Amazon stiffs Northern Virginia, future politicians elsewhere may be less eager to promise tax breaks and infrastructure investments, not to mention spend their reputational capital. Politically speaking, it will be harder for urban and suburban leaders to rise to the top by attracting a new major corporate tenants. “Pro-business” local governments may be less common in the years to come. If anything, the politicians who blocked Amazon from coming to Queens actually got more bragging rights.