Maher to Amazon: ‘Stop Playing Cities Off Against One Another and Help a Dying One Come Back to Life’

Following the Amazon-New York debacle, Bill Maher said tonight the company should be looking outside of big cities for where to set up HQ2.

“Herein lies a chance for Amazon to show the world that a tech company can actually do good,” he said.

Maher said that a big problem in America is that “the blue parts of America are having a big prosperity party, while that big sea of red feels like their invitation got lost in the mail.”

As for Amazon specifically, Maher had this to say to Jeff Bezos:

“238 cities and regions submitted proposals to Amazon for the company to locate in their area, all desperate for jobs that don’t involve guarding prisoners or murdering chickens. And Amazon picked two places that didn’t need them at all, places where prosperity already was. Bezos, you’re worth $130 billion. Take one for the team. Stop playing cities off against one another and help a dying one come back to life!”

You can watch above, via HBO.

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