Pretty amazing to watch so-called Democrats rushing to dunk on AOC about Amazon because she - *checks notes* - opposed a plan to give them $125,000 per job created in an HQ to be built on land slated for low-income housing.
New York’s offer to Amazon was asinine. It was exactly what is wrong with big corporations pitting municipalities against each other.
Amazon would have gotten a $3 billion gift not because that made sense for NYC but because big co’s have the power to blackmail hungry cities.
Amazon would have gotten a $3 billion gift not because that made sense for NYC but because big co’s have the power to blackmail hungry cities.
Oh, and the “winner” offered less than 1/5 the corporate welfare New York City did.
Virginia “only” offered $600 million in incentives and somehow that was just fine for Amazon.
Guess they didn’t need a $3 billion government freebie to make the project work after all.
Virginia “only” offered $600 million in incentives and somehow that was just fine for Amazon.
Guess they didn’t need a $3 billion government freebie to make the project work after all.
