"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: 3, Interesting) by ilsa on Monday February 18 2019, @02:13PM
That's the real question. These megacorps bring "jobs", but how good are those actual jobs? Walmart brings lots of jobs too, and yet the employees are paid so poorly that they still have to resort to food stamps.
Now, whenever I see a company claim that they will bring thousands of jobs to an area, I become instantly skeptical of how much of a boon that would actually be.