Posted on 08/22/2026 8:27:45 AM PDT by Libloather
A lot of New Yorkers seem to appreciate Amazon’s services – that is, unless you’re talking about Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America and a seemingly unlikely player in this clown show, the Teamsters, On The Money has learned.
There’s a good chance, I am told, that the Seattle-based e-tailing giant pulls out of New York if this gang of three (or shall we call them the three stooges) has its way and the City Council passes a local ordinance that would ban the online retailer and similar businesses from using subcontractors for its deliveries.
First, let’s be real: Amazon has become an essential utility for many New Yorkers, as it has for shoppers nationwide. It’s why even left-wing class-warfare freaks like Joy Behar of “The View” profess “love” for the online retailer, even if she disdains its billionaire founder Jeff Bezos for, well, being a billionaire.
One lefty gripe is that Bezos should pay more taxes, even as he employs over 1 million Americans. Another is that Amazon is using small businesses that employ gig workers to deliver its packages.
There are about 40 small businesses who perform this task in NYC. They pay decent wages to their workers and are required to provide healthcare. But they’re not unionized, which somehow makes it exploitative. That makes Mayor Mamdani a hater, ditto for his fellow travelers in the DSA and now the Teamsters.
Full disclosure: I’m a supporter of unions, the son of a union ironworker. I grew up with my fair share of Teamsters, and know the typical blue-collar political archetype. It veers between center left and center right but comes nowhere close to the DSA lunatic fringe.
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With that level of SS payout you are most likely retired govt also was unionized so you're getting a nice fat pension payout as well. Biggest mistake ever was unionizing federal or state govt workers. That should be completely illegal. See my tagline if you haven't already.
The post office delivers a majority of our Amazon packages.
“Didn’t AOC stop a planned Amazon warehouse in her district?”
yep ...
“That’s why Amazon has plans to begin a vast relocation of its delivery services to New Jersey, costing as many as 10,000 NYC jobs.”
i wonder if that simply means only NJ-based gig subcontractors would be hired to deliver packages in NY? ... i don’t think NY could stop or tax that since it would be a blatant attempt to nullify the US Constitutional commerce clause ...
What is a “greedy company”? Bezos has been a multimillionaire for over a decade. Years ago he could have taken his profits, bought a yacht, and sailed around the world eating bon-bons. Instead, he reinvested those profits in his company to the point where over 1,000,000 souls are clothed, fed, and housed by the income his companies give them. We vilify the rich and laud the poor, and scream “the rich don’t pay their fair share!” Bull crap! The “rich” (incomes > $445,000) pay over 72% of All Internal Revenue Service collections. They are the people who invest in this country, promote economic growth, and create new jobs. Yet the lowest income earners in the US pay less than 3% of IRS collections. You’re right, the rich don’t pay their fair share: They pay too much. They deserve a tax cut and the lowest 50% should start paying their fair share.
... as will delivery times.
Yep, raged against the machine until Amazon said “fuggit”. And the clowns all cheered her bravery.
How does Amazon deliver to the ‘hood? Do those guys get combat pay? Where do the leave the goods? Outside the apartment door? How much of it gets pilfered by “neighbors”? Is there a guy riding shotgun sitting in the van guarding parcels while his partner is dropping them off? Enquiring minds want to know
Unions, the last refuge of the mediocre.
4,000 per mo is paying 1959-202 ...69 years... For my wife and me... 35 years at the max rate as a consultant... some overtime and 2 jobs. So I have paid a lot in.
Always private sector...although 4 consulting gigs were for government, which gives me “cred” in vote fraud and welfare where I consulted.
No other income. No pension. At 82 I miss work and would work for the fun of it.
Take no thought for the morrow.
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