as a customer of Apple I'm delighted by this move.

World's richest man is going to rob two cities blind with promises of jobs. Just a massive giveaway to the man who literally has the least need in the world.

Guess they don't want the people actually having any say.

> pitched the idea of Amazon University, with a customized curriculum developed in partnership with Amazon and local universities

Just gonna go full company town I guess.

> added $38 billion to Seattle’s economy from 2010 to 2016.

and made it impossible to get a modest tax passed.

> “They are about ending inequality and creating more inclusive cities,” said Richard Florida, a professor at the School of Cities and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. “Now they’re in a game competing with one another to throw money at one of the most powerful companies in the world run by one of the world’s richest men.”

Yup, because they want to be able to say they brought amazon in. It fucks over the people who already lives there, increases inequality, and ultimately doesn't really help that many people other than Jeff.

Deplatforming is effective.

that's 1 good reason to preorder, plus some bonuses that tend to be lame.

How about trying to strongarm the government into actually giving out the damn funding.

In the case of education I do agree more money is needed.

For something like health care, massive reforms are needed.

There aren't that many billionaires. So are you saying they aren't the worst of the billionaire class? That's really the only way I can see the phrase working.

> I mentioned to her that they can’t sell their stock without ceding control

What about changing voting schemes?

> Does it say something about someone’s heart if they aren’t building schools and hospitals the moment they obtain enough wealth to do so comfortably?

I think it says something about their heart if they are able to get that wealthy, with rare exceptions.

Neither are going to happen. He might toss around a bit of money to try and buy a better reputation, but he's still the worlds richest man by standing on the backs of the very people who's kids need better education.

That would close the gap.

Moving leftwards is absolutely the best thing the democrats could possibly do. further left policies are popular. Further left policies address the massive amount of voters who don't give a shit because neither party represents anything but corporations.

America could use 50 more senators that were willing to start moving much further left.

Having a good plan and the resources to execute is what works.

I know it sounds like I'm talking about a minor difference, but I think it's a lot bigger than that. You can add more money to a lot of the broken systems in the US. It helps, but it doesn't fix core problems and the systems are still incredibly inefficient.

because it's a ridiculous opinion that ignores human nature and provides awful advice.

You don't punish the problem away, you help people avoid it themselves.