On public radio the other day, someone pointed out the oddity that all of these big-city mayors, many of whom are Democrats who talk about the importance of supporting the underclass, were so willing to throw billions of dollars at a trillion-dollar company run by the richest man in the world. Sure, because most of them didn’t win the competition they didn’t actually pay out those billions in incentives, but they did expend millions in preparing these bids. (Similarly, cities give millions in incentives and improvements to attract sports teams, which are mostly owned by billionaires.)
It was also pointed out that the proposals gave Amazon all sorts of data that will be useful to them as they decide where to locate distribution centers, offices and other locations.
All except one mentioned posts are general comments about a reduced list, etc. The only really relevant one “con”-wise is 31.
Basically, you have to put together several posts to “produce” a conclusion similar to the linked to article. Similar, as in “not nearly as detailed.”
In terms of individual posts, I stand by my statement very strongly. As to multiple posts by someone, who on Earth has time for that kind of analysis???
So, yeah. While we didn’t measure the driving distance from Bezos’ property to the three HQ’s, the idea that this was a con job designed to get information and money so Bezos could move east and improve the company’s negotiating position was floated in this thread.
At least the these burgeoning metropolises are such attractive places to open the new regional offices that Amazon won’t even have to be given any tax breaks to do it. (LOL.)
I’m so sorry. Hey, you still have PS1! (The Bruce Nauman show isn’t for everyone, but two months later my 8-year-old is still saying “I suck. You suck. We all suck. This sucks!”)