Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal

Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by CPLX on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:54PM (#18444807)

This analysis is flawed.

In order to calculate a breakeven you need to determine the marginal increase in government expenditures created by a new city resident, which is obviously nonzero.

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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by walshemj on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:45PM (#18445630)

But most local government pay out goes not on high paid engineers if its anything like the UK - I know someone who was the lead councillor for social services in a large local council he had a large budget.

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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by CPLX on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @06:15PM (#18445799)

They don’t need police and fire and roads and subsidized subway and ferry service and building inspections and restaurant inspections and street cleaning and bike lanes?

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