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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by conanbatt on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:09PM (#18443831)
Prevent the race to the bottom is the mindset of "there should be one single unified government that has all the leverage".

I prefer to give leverage to the citizens: let them decide if they want to subsidize amazon or not, as opposed to governors and elected officials that profit disproportionately more.

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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by jethro_tell on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:19PM (#18443940)
I would agree with that for sure. The big issue here is it's a few people making a decision in secret. You put your offer in a referendum and let the population vote, I'm totally cool with that.

Unfortunately, what usually happens is that a dozen people make a deal for a huge population that affects them in a big way.

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