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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @04:16PM (2 children)
Hey Stretch, this is a different person replying to your post.
Just a logic tip: posting your opinions under the made-up handle "Stretch" in no way improves your arguments. Do you really believe that your handle automatically gives you +1 in an internet argument? That's a basic debate fail.
Signed,
Fruity Loops
+1 because I used a handle
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @04:45PM (1 child)
The site gave him a +1 for using his handle. Complain at the right person, you fucking autist.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:33AM
Hey autist, he was claiming superiority in a debate because he used a handle and the other guy didn't.