Amazon killed Seattle's homelessness-relief tax by threatening not to move into a massive new building, then they canceled the move anyway

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@MadLibrarian

After these shenanigans, NYC must be feeling like they dodged a bullet.

True, but Amazon walked away from that beauty contest with detailed and often confidential information on all of the contestant cities – including how far they’re willing to bend over on giving tax breaks for these bait-and-switch boondoggles.