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(18,402 posts)Just saying.
RainCaster
(10,977 posts)Thoughts & Prayers
Whomp Whomp
Amazon sends a message. I wonder if it was truly received.
Ohiogal
(32,270 posts)To go along with their zero Federal tax?
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Afromania
(2,771 posts)Amazon should have paid NY for the privilege of being jammed into a city already full to the brim. They would be close to millions of their shoppers along with international ports and multiple top tier airports.
I'm thinking that alone would save them tons of money in the long run. I won't even get into the fact they don't pay any freaking tax, what's a travesty that shit is. The fact they got 3 billion in concessions is ridiculous.
JuJuYoshida
(2,217 posts)NY still gets pregnant
Renew Deal
(81,925 posts)RAB910
(3,547 posts)Politicians need to remember that one of their primary jobs is to secure good jobs for the people they serve. Pandering to their base should be LOW down on their priority list
PSPS
(13,656 posts)RAB910
(3,547 posts)A politician has a moral responsibility to serve all those that dwell in his or her district and not just what they consider their base. I don't hesitate to call Republicans out for not doing this, and I would be a hypocrite if I gave the Democrats a free pass
PSPS
(13,656 posts)RAB910
(3,547 posts)Among city residents polled by the upstate college, 58% supported the project and 35% were opposed when told of both the promised jobs and incentives.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/majority-of-new-yorkers-back-amazon-hq2-in-queens-this-poll-shows-2019-02-12
PSPS
(13,656 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)brooklynite
(95,174 posts)1. Offering too many tax goodies to get them to come.
2. Not demanding enough givebacks/contributions to address City needs (notably housing and tranpsortation)
3. Not having the political clout to sell the deal to the Albany.
BluegrassDem
(1,693 posts)I remember heads were exploding cause Kentucky offered Toyota tons of incentives and tax breaks to build a factory here. Well after all that's said and done, the state is getting it all back due to the new middle class it created in central Kentucky.
pwb
(11,355 posts)All tax breaks and few good jobs. Amazon should pay New York to build here. We like making a living wage in the Northeast.
walkingman
(7,730 posts)The more people come to Texas the better off we will be, I am sick and tired of all the rednecks and shitkickers.
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