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Re:The NIMBY Backlash Against Amazon’s HQ2 by slededit on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @09:22PM (#18446907)
Because it’s an unfair playing field. Government is supposed to be a check on corporate power - not guaranteeing it with unfair advantages.

On the non business side our tax dollars are going to support billionaires. At the national level this is pretty close to zero sum. Every dollar Amazon doesn’t pay is a dollar someone else has to. Discrepancies between regions would be solved more efficiently with transfer/equalization payments.

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Re:The NIMBY Backlash Against Amazon’s HQ2 by cannonedhamster on Sunday November 18, 2018 @01:29AM (#18479141)
Government is also supposed to create jobs. It's a double edged sword. While it's been relatively lax on the oversight, everyone loves jobs. Unfortunately not enough regulation can lead to the same outcome as too much regulation as when there are too many monopolies like there are right now, it crowds out small businesses which actually create most of the jobs.
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