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techprod1gy said:

chasm said:

50,000 jobs -- at what pay rate? Some Amazon workers are so poorly paid that they are on welfare. Playing cities against each other for the best tax breaks may be perfectly legal, but it's pretty unethical -- particularly when the company is well aware of how fast and loose local politicians play with OPM.

Unemployment is low there are plenty of options.  If Amazon pay is so low then look elsewhere.  The "There is no other option" argument falls short present day.

Right. Gotta love this libertarian view of the world. Go try to jump job after job in America, like the free market types propose. Then come tell me how it works out for you. 

Big business has rigged the system here on all fronts, so anyone doing this becomes black listed. It's also why you have the h1b scam, where employees pretend they cannot find local labor, only to be sourced from a 3rd world country. Conveniently, at 1/4 the local or western rate.

Also, the currently unemployment rate is BS, something reflected by stagnant wages. The good ole US of A doesn't count the long- term unemployment or basically anyone earning more than $60 a week. In fact, in most red states, you drop off the register after 6 months. Apparently, you're not "keen on work" if you haven't found a job within that period.