Jeff Bezos’ Quest To Find America’s Stupidest MayorDean Baker (Read Here) This article was written by Baker, who is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a regular contributor. As an opinion piece, this article is based on a significant but overshadowed occasion. Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos had launched a contest where the company's new headquarters will be located, called the "HQ2" contest. This article may be hard to understand if the reader does not have a basic understanding of certain taxes and principles. Not to mention, the use of American business jargon is prevalent. Otherwise, his purpose is to describe the conglomerate giant’s newest investment and how it will actually affect similar stakeholders, namely taxpayers. The writer comments and claims on the little overall power such a big business could have on various economic factors and uses statistics to note the effects. Weak, enthusiastic claims are made of the bidding and its predictions. Furthermore, Baker--as readers may infer by the phrase "dumbest mayor"--is not enthusiastic about this event, even as it seems significant to a city's economy and taxpayers. He may come off as snarky, but in no way does his character falter. Instead, Baker focuses on the shortcomings outweighing the “benefits” and reveals a set of possible truths, describing it in his own method of harsh, blunt words. “The contest to find the stupidest mayor in America is best understood in this context, as yet another episode in Amazon’s efforts to shaft taxpayers. And judging by the quantity and enthusiasm of the bids, the taxpayers still haven’t caught on.
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