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This video was synthesized from a these sources:
Amazon HQ2:
nytimes.com/2017/09/07/technology/amazon-headquarters-north-america.html
238 bidding cities:
qz.com/1119945/a-nearly-complete-list-of-the-238-places-that-bid-for-amazons-next-headquarters
Wooing Bezos: archive.curbed.com/2018/12/27/18157712/amazon-hq2-bid-tax-breaks-economic-development
Kansas City mayor: mashable.com/2017/10/12/kansas-city-mayor-thousand-amazon-reviews
Tuscon cactus: apnews.com/article/84b56066c1a14d2d810884ef0a1075e0
Seattle's tax breaks are a gamble:
seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2020/07/seattle-s-new-payroll-tax-is-a-gamble
Record-breaking tax breaks: washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/12/washington-just-awarded-the-largest-state-tax-subsidy-in-u-s-history
Boeing’s tax breaks:
latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-boeing-washington-20170503-story.html
Also:
mackinac.org/new-evidence-confirms-corporate-handout-shortcomings
cheatsheet.com/money-career/high-on-the-hog-the-top-8-corporate-welfare-recipients.html
geekwire.com/2019/exclusive-amazon-moving-thousands-employees-seattle-relocating-key-division-nearby-city
seattlepi.com/business/article/Amazon-to-move-thousands-of-employees-from-13739153.php
washingtonian.com/2019/06/16/the-real-story-of-how-virginia-won-amazon-hq2/bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-03/amazon-s-hq2-fiasco-was-driven-by-bezos-envy-of-elon-musk
cnn.com/style/article/amazon-hq2-design-helix/index.html
Nebula source:
seattlebusinessmag.com/article/cover-story-kemper-freeman-jr
Produced by Dave Amos in sunny San Luis Obispo, California.
Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California.
Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio.
Select images and video from Getty Images.
Black Lives Matter.
Watch over 2,400 documentaries with Curiosity Stream for free for a month by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/citybeautiful and using the code, "citybeautiful" at checkout.
I’m on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel:
patreon.com/citybeautiful
Resources:
This video was synthesized from a these sources:
Amazon HQ2:
nytimes.com/2017/09/07/technology/amazon-headquarters-north-america.html
238 bidding cities:
qz.com/1119945/a-nearly-complete-list-of-the-238-places-that-bid-for-amazons-next-headquarters
Wooing Bezos: archive.curbed.com/2018/12/27/18157712/amazon-hq2-bid-tax-breaks-economic-development
Kansas City mayor: mashable.com/2017/10/12/kansas-city-mayor-thousand-amazon-reviews
Tuscon cactus: apnews.com/article/84b56066c1a14d2d810884ef0a1075e0
Seattle's tax breaks are a gamble:
seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2020/07/seattle-s-new-payroll-tax-is-a-gamble
Record-breaking tax breaks: washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/12/washington-just-awarded-the-largest-state-tax-subsidy-in-u-s-history
Boeing’s tax breaks:
latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-boeing-washington-20170503-story.html
Also:
mackinac.org/new-evidence-confirms-corporate-handout-shortcomings
cheatsheet.com/money-career/high-on-the-hog-the-top-8-corporate-welfare-recipients.html
geekwire.com/2019/exclusive-amazon-moving-thousands-employees-seattle-relocating-key-division-nearby-city
seattlepi.com/business/article/Amazon-to-move-thousands-of-employees-from-13739153.php
washingtonian.com/2019/06/16/the-real-story-of-how-virginia-won-amazon-hq2/bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-03/amazon-s-hq2-fiasco-was-driven-by-bezos-envy-of-elon-musk
cnn.com/style/article/amazon-hq2-design-helix/index.html
Nebula source:
seattlebusinessmag.com/article/cover-story-kemper-freeman-jr
Produced by Dave Amos in sunny San Luis Obispo, California.
Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California.
Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio.
Select images and video from Getty Images.
Black Lives Matter.
