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Amazon stopped active development of its VA HQ2, but still wants its tax subsidies from Youngkin -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Apr 14 '23, 13:42

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https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1646960730522959873?s=20 (twitter.com)

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The whole HQ2 thing was absurd. Like some kind of rub-and-tug-and-rugpull. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 13:47 4
- I thought it made sense, not only in case a quake wipes out the west coast, but its easier to buy politicians when you are nearby. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 13:49
- AOC was right -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 13:48 2
  - These things never play out the way they are supposed to, but on some level you can't blame states for trying. It's really one of annoyances with - pmb Apr 14, 13:51 1
    - at lot of major manufacturers went to the south with its right to work laws to break unions, jets/autos... if they can't do it in asia -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 14:18

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