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Now JPMorgan Chase is sure to want their share of public funding.
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It goes without saying that the whole HQ search was a farce and Bezos would have steered this to Washington DC and New York for far less money. |
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You might check this out: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/...novation-jobs/ I don't like the "corporate welfare" states go thru to attract jobs, but I would have to think that the math pencils out to the positive.....
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eta: I don't think New York should have made these offers to Amazon. But hopefully they will fix the subway. Is fixing the subway a recurring theme here? |
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The one good aspect of the deal (at least as reported) is that most of the subsidy is directly tied to actual jobs created. Although there will probably be some creative bookkeeping on this as well. And speaking of massive wealth transfers (upward), kudos to our northern neighbors for telling the IOC where they can (not) shove the 2026 winter games. |
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I just heard on the radio that the cost of the Tokyo Olympics for 2020 is approaching $25 billion USD, four times what was initially budgeted.
The original bid was approved because organizers said that they would be able to make sure that these would be the cheapest Olympics ever; so far, it's now the second most expensive. |
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Reno/Tahoe was smart enough to back out. Last edited by Jaybee; 11-16-2018 at 10:02 AM. |
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Municipalities shouldn't be giving the richest man on the planet (at $150 billion and counting) a red cent for anything. |
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I’d have been in favor of tax-incentivizing Amazon to locate anywhere but here. Happily that has not been necessary.
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