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"We know the game is rigged": NYC mayor slams Amazon HQ2 reversal
In a New York Times op-ed published Saturday evening, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned Amazon for its decision to pull the plug on its HQ2 expansion in Queens, calling it a byproduct of massive economic power concentrated in the hands of few wealthy corporations.
As the mayor of the nation's largest city, a place that's both a progressive beacon and the very symbol of capitalism, I share the frustration about corporate America. So do many of my fellow mayors across the country. We know the game is rigged. But we still find ourselves fighting one another in the race to secure opportunity for our residents as corporations force us into all-against-all competitions.
Amazon's HQ2 bidding war exemplified that injustice.
Previously: Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 18 2019, @05:26AM
Maybe he does know that there's no more bridges to burn with Amazon, so let the flame free anyway?
Because if he already has nothing to lose, maybe he's trying to pose and win the title of "the leader of all cities betrayed by corporate America".
(It sounds like the only way to improve commerce or society in general is through having (one of) Amazon's HQ in NYC. You meant it this way?
Is there any reason to think he does not? (improve commerce or society in general)
Ummm... so... the "becoming behavior" is to be not-borish and... what?... maybe entertain the public Boris Johnson style?
Personally, I do prefer borish and predictable bureaucrats to the maverick ones (on the ground that the only bureaucrat that's more dangerous than a stupid one is a stupid and active bureaucrat).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford