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If you think a few billionaires moving to other states would take the Silicon Valley with them and it would be easy then let's see it play out.
by onemoresoop 4mo ago
If you think a few billionaires moving to other states would take the Silicon Valley with them and it would be easy then let's see it play out.
- 0xy 4mo agoStarbucks is shifting corporate jobs from Washington state to Tennessee as a result of this rhetoric. Chicago's financial industry was famously carved out due to the same kind of rhetoric, with Citadel moving to Florida, causing massive damage to the city and a huge financial hole (the city can barely fund the CTA, and it nearly collapsed in 2025). You sure showed those billionaires by destroying the jobs of thousands of middle class workers and losing out on the tax revenue that was funding public transit and critical infrastructure. Nice!
- bakies 4mo agoYou ought to link those things together a little better. The CTA propped up by a single finance firm???? Cmon