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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 Grishnakh on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:11AM (1 child)
Boorish decorum, de Blasio - unbecoming of anyone supposedly serving the public.
According to whom? What makes you think that being boorish is unbecoming of an elected official? In a democracy, I would think that the People would make that determination, and here in America, we've elected Trump as our President, and he's way more boorish than de Blasio. So it seems to me that most Americans disagree with you about what is "unbecoming", and actually *like* elected officials who are boorish.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:51AM
According to me, and being a people in a democracy, I get to vote.