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re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns Amazon HQ2 could worsen housing crisis in New York, DC
Posted on 11/13/18 at 10:42 am to bamarep
Posted on 11/13/18 at 10:42 am to bamarep
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So liberals are now trying to convince us that the need for MORE housing is a bad thing? The contractors doing the building would be largely Hispanic due to that being the nature of the beast and them having plenty of work is now bad.
Not one person has made those points.
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Posted on 11/13/18 at 10:44 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Economic success is bad for the poor people
Seems we've reached the point where this is deemed a static indicator for a segment of the population.
Posted on 11/13/18 at 10:46 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Seems we've reached the point where this is deemed a static indicator for a segment of the population.
More successful people = bad
For people who do not understand economics, this is true. These same people will believe the more people on food stamps = good
Posted on 11/13/18 at 10:47 am to Jjdoc
She hasn't learned that Amazon/Wapo is her friend.
She will be brought to heel soon.
She will be brought to heel soon.
Posted on 11/13/18 at 10:48 am to Jorts R Us
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Not one person has made those points.
It's implied by Miss wonder socialist
Posted on 11/13/18 at 11:04 am to I B Freeman
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She is an idiot BUT there are some underlying economic points that should concern every one.
1) Nobody could live on the lower wage jobs in NYC if the government did not subsidize their housing. It is wrong. This subsidized housing is in effect holding down wages. I once read an article about minimum wage jobs in NYC. My very first thought was how does anyone find labor at minimum wage in NYC? Well if they didn't have unbelievable levels of housing subsidies they would not find such help. They would have to pay people more money.
2) NY should not give Amazon tax subsidies. They should lower their taxes for everybody so that Amazon would invest there without subsidy.
This + the corporate welfare given to Amazon and other companies are directly tied to our infrastructure problems. The $ we allow them to keep would’ve otherwise gone to local infrastructure. It’s one of imo the biggest problems in the country
Posted on 11/13/18 at 11:07 am to Lsujacket66
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The $ we allow them to keep would’ve otherwise gone to local infrastructure
can't be sure of that
as much infrastructure as possible should be financed with user fees such as tolls instead of taxes. If they need more subway work they should charge more for tokens.
Posted on 11/13/18 at 11:07 am to Lsujacket66
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The $ we allow them to keep would’ve otherwise gone to local infrastructure.
The socialist mindset
Posted on 11/13/18 at 11:09 am to Jjdoc
Why would any company HQ itself in NY? They love taxes?
Posted on 11/13/18 at 11:26 am to Jjdoc
I haven't paid much attention to this, but why would they choose 2 extremely high cost of living areas, which forces more payroll costs? vs a dallas, houston, nashville, Denver, etc.
Guess that doesnt make much sense to me.
Guess that doesnt make much sense to me.
Posted on 11/13/18 at 11:30 am to slackster
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Do you think this will make housing more or less expensive in NYC?
How could it make it more expensive to live in NYC? I mean Amazon is only bringing 25,000 workers with an average salary of 120k. Of course its going to drive the low income and middle class out of New York into other areas of NY.
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