itsgreater9000 t1_jdyiggn wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:52 AM

Reply to comment by Happy_rich_mane in Is there any way to find out what kind of subsidies/considerations Amazon received for the warehouses and half built Amazon Freshes that are sitting empty all over the state? by Happy_rich_mane

right. i'm talking, some low level government official that handles building permits getting handed a bag of money with a big $ symbol on it while a corporate exec twirls his mustache type of corruption

Happy_rich_mane OP t1_jdym4vd wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:23 AM

For sure. We’re definitely in the second Gilded Age but the robber barons don’t wear monocles anymore. I think a lot of it comes down to the misalignment of power where a business like Amazon is able to lobby and dictate the terms of contracts while providing very little in concrete guarantees to these local governments.