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A huge slice of her district is Latino. I can't imagine any politician taking pride in losing 25,000 jobs for her constituents. And these were high-paying jobs. Every city of any consequence in this country competed to get this project.
This will take some time to sink in.
I don't watch network business news any more but one wonders what CNBC anchors think about this. I know what -- I forget his first name -- Kernan would have to say. LOL. Oh, that's right. Same as Biden's. Joe. Good ol' Joe. I wonder if he's even with CNBC any more. He was the only one with common sense and intelligence. Most had neither.
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The question I keep hearing is what did Amazon offer New York?
Answer: 25,000 high-paying jobs.
Not getting much attention but apparently the unions were against this: Jeff Bezos wanted to build this with non-union workers, and my hunch it had little to do with hourly wages; he wanted the job done without a lot of drama;
So what if the state did not get any direct property taxes / fees from Amazon? The sound bites are a bit confusing but it sounds like:
- it was projected that Amazon would pay $27 billion in taxes over 10 years (I don't know if that's state taxes or something else)
- Amazon was given a $3-billion incentive spread out of 10 years (again I don't know the details or the veracity of the soundbites
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Throwing The Baby Out With The Bathwater
So, let's assume the Amazon - Long Island City project was a poor deal for New Yorkers. Instead of throwing the bums out why not try to re-negotiate the deal?
Governor Cuomo has it right. Mayor de Blasio completely blew it. But the, of course, de Blasio is cut from of the same cloth as Occasional-Cortex.
Bruce
ReplyDeleteI believe the yes votes for her were 16,000. So 16000 people are running the govt.
Wow, that's amazing. I doubt I will be able to "absorb" this for quite some time. My hunch is that de Blasio, Cuomo, Bloomberg, et al, are furious. LOL. Elections have consequences.
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