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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by jacques_chester on Monday November 05, 2018 @10:31PM (#18388104)
You don't need engineering proximity to hire lobbyists. You need engineering proximity to win contracts on the basis of engineering proximity.
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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations: NY and VA by resters on Monday November 05, 2018 @10:37PM (#18388136)
True, but winning those contracts is also a very good way to be viewed as too big to fail, too essential for antitrust intervention.
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