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Look up Prof Galloway on youtube, basically he explains in an hour why Amazon/Apple/Google/Facebook kill competition.
Aside from all the other shit like not paying full tax and therefore not filling the pot their employees who DO pay full tax need (roads/schools don't fund themselves). It is of course legal, but it is also piss boiling.
JWestland-
Totally agree with the failure of monopoly-based-capitalism-on-steroids that Silicon Valley inevitably produces.
But as pointed out much of NYC is unbelievably shit and more akin to the developing world. Anything that invests in improving those shit bits is good - which from my reading is what the bulk of the money is going towards.
How much tax would they and their employees pay if they set up in Austin?
hugo7
What am I missing?
A major city bids to secure a business that will generate tax revenue and act as an economic stimulus.
Would anyone care if it a car manufacturer?