theringer.com: Amazon Got Burned by Its Own HQ2 Game Show

[Yavin4]

There are other ways for companies—even ravenous, fast-growing ones—to behave. Google is planning to develop a massive new campus in San Jose without taking any tax incentives. Microsoft just pledged $500 million to address the housing crisis in the Seattle metro area, a problem that it and Amazon helped create by generating more new jobs faster than the region could build homes. Salesforce waged a campaign to tax itself in San Francisco. These companies act not out of altruism, but out of political calculus: It’s in their best interest to maintain at least the illusion of meritocracy, to make people feel like they have a chance to survive even if they don’t work at one of the largest tech corporations in the world.

[Me.]

1. Certainly Did

and their bluff was called. Also, don't forget Google is investing a billion + in their new space in NYC. No incentives. Whereas Amazon, with their 11 billion in profit for the year is acting like Poor Pitiful Pearl.