“Why wait?” said Phillip Yenyo, the executive director of the American Indian Movement of Ohio, told the Times. “If you are going to go this far and get rid of it, why not do it now? All they are doing is testing it out, because the name has to go, too. The nickname absolutely has to go. It’s not just the logo.”

In this case the city, by consent of its citizens, has decided that Amazon’s “fair share” is to set up shop there and bring the jobs in exchange for tax breaks. It’s not like the company received the bill and just decided “hey, we’re not going to pay”.

TL;DR Sure, but I’d caution against the central planning of local economies unless the reason is supremely compelling, which I don’t see here.

Sure. But as a citizenry of one city that has access to your tax money, you can decide that the corporation won’t get access to your money. True, that doesn’t give you the capability to decide what other cities do, but then I don’t think it is necessarily wrong for another city, by consent of its citizens, to have the…

Where “This” = “Hold your politicians to account”, “call out hypocrisy”, “demand intellectual consistency”, “Disagree with someone I like”

But this article makes no sense. What is it that you are making illegal? Nobody is requiring cities to do anything - they are making offers of their own accord. Is this what you would make illegal? For cities and states to administer their own local policy?

Fine. Please never enter government, though.

I don’t understand the point of these articles anymore. Like it’s so transparently intended to gin up outrage. And then you’re trying to get us more outraged about the fact that Baldwin doesn’t care about your outrage.

It’s like Jeopardy, man. If you’re not the first moron to scream “GET IN THE HOLE”, then it don’t count. People train for years to nail the timing - to be *that* asshole that everyone on TV has to hear, again and again and again.

+1 privilege point

Ooh, you forgot to mention that he’s a white man, and therefore unfit to do anything.

(White men, we’re looking at you.)

I am referring to CHIP, which was renewed as a result of these negotiations. CHIP applies to children, so yes, kids.

No I was being sarcastic. But this is Splinter, after all, so I can’t blame you for thinking I was serious.

(Definitely not serious)

Nono you’re right, I think I was being unclear. I meant to criticize the author’s headline by pointing out that something good did happen here, namely the securing of CHIP, that the author’s headline seemed to ignore.

Jill Stein 2020. 2024. 2028...

Yeah, fuck those sick kids and their damn health insurance amirite?

Perhaps don’t wear a dress designed to showcase your tits?

Yes. But somehow I had the feeling that even the most critical Jez piece on this subject would have been along the lines of Babe, what are you doing: OF COURSE Ansari is a vicious rapist, everyone knows that - but you shouldn’t have commented on the wine!