John Oliver Nails Why Amazon S Hq2 Would Be Bad For Chicago

        Seeing examples of corporate welfare in other cities and states also helped answer a question I used to hear all the time. “Ben,” they’d say, “this TIF stuff sounds bad, but don’t other cities do the same thing?” People were particularly obsessed with New York City. As though, if New New York’s wasting money like we’re wasting money, then somehow it’s not so bad that we’re wasting money.