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Amazon Second HQ
- Thread starter muller877
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Irishmonk
Senior Member
If Amazon does pick Toronto, Drug better not take credit for it. (But he will anyway.)
tripwire
Active Member
Trump is a short term thorn, I can't believe that Amazon is so short-sighted to make such a huge, long-term decision just because of Trump.
Sandpit
Active Member
The decision could very well boil down to the "lifestyle factor" i.e. which city has the best nightlife/entertainment scene.
rbt
Senior Member
Really? Trump punishing Bezos is a reason to install 50,000 lobbyists in Washington and be a constant reminder to all politicians that Amazon matters more than they might like.
Virginia and DC might both make the next cut.
DKB
New Member
after last weekend:
JUSTIN, Give Amazon whatever they want, just to piss off Trump!
JUSTIN, Give Amazon whatever they want, just to piss off Trump!
Johnny Au
Senior Member
If HQ2 ends up in Toronto, Doug Ford would be dancing with Jeff Bezos, despite Ford taking advantage of all of the work previously done.
jozl
Active Member
No way it’s coming to Toronto. Bezos would get crucified by the US media and Trump administration. But... it would be so cool if it did end up here. F#!#&$ You Trump!
syn
Senior Member
I don't think he cares about that at all. The media that'd be crucifying him is not the media he's concerned with.
If anything, it would have plenty in the media and across the country pointing the finger at Trump (at least partially).
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
kEiThZ
Superstar
Corporate Welfare? Ontario never offered them any subsidies or tax breaks. So what corporate welfare are we talking about?
SunriseChampion
Senior Member
This should be easy: just reread my entire post you qouted, including the quote from DKB I used.
Ok, now, I read "JUSTIN, give Amazon whatever they want..." as meaning "bribe them" and since Amazon is a corporation (or whatever legal structure) giving them whatever they want/bribing them would amount to corporate welfare as I assume it would include government policy and regulation specifically targeted to Amazon to incentivise them to set up shop here.
That's the corporate welfare I said no thanks to.
mettle
Active Member
jje1000
Senior Member
Not sure if this is new or not- but I wouldn't bet surprised if they were twisting the arms of all short-listed cities/regions.
https://thelogic.co/news/big-tech/a...-billions-after-shortlisting-toronto-for-hq2/
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
As much as I hate this, it makes sense from a business strategy angle. There are rumours that Amazon is coming out with a short list soon of HQ2 candidates. I just want this whole circus to be over, and them to announce a winner.