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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by refurb on Friday November 03, 2017 @11:32PM (#15623631)
Pretty sure offering those things to Bezos didn't cost the gov't $200M.

And at any rate, most of the money will probably go for an airport that will never be used in some influential senator's state.

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Re:Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1B worth of stock t... by goialoq on Saturday November 04, 2017 @12:08AM (#15623722)
The highways that carry his shipments cost a lot.

The Commerce Clause that protects his sales from state sales tax and made his mail-older company competitive against local stores made him a bundle too.

Most Federal tax revenue is spent on military (low gas prices for Amazon deliveries) and entitlements, not infrastructure projects.

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