Something's Bad in AMZN's Request for Proposals

If you have been following the business news over the past couple of weeks, you know about HQ2. It is the most sought-after prize — the biggest pot of gold, if you will, at the end of a shimmering rainbow — in the entire history of economic development projects underwritten by tax breaks and subsidies to big corporations. HQ2 is the name given by Amazon.com to its proposed second headquarters — in encouraging big cities across North America to engage in a bidding war to decide which one would be selected. And what makes this such a coveted prize? Lots