Posted on 02/14/2019 1:55:23 PM PST by Mariner
Notch another victory for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The freshman Democratic representative celebrated online retailer Amazons decision Thursday to scrap its plans to build a new headquarters in her New York City district.
I think its incredible, Ocasio-Cortez responded when asked to comment on Amazons about-face. It shows that everyday Americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and they can have more say in this country than richest man in the world.
Earlier Thursday, the company announced it was reversing the plan, announced in November, to build new East Coast headquarters buildings in New York City and in Arlington, Virginia. The Virginia part of the plan will go ahead. The company said it would not look for a new location to replace the cancelled $2.5 billion project.
"After much thought and deliberation, weve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens, Amazon spokeswoman Jodi Seth said in a statement.
Ocasio-Cortez was one of the leaders of the fight against the proposed deal, largely over the $3 billion in tax breaks the city and state promised the company.
New Yorks chronic shortage of housing and the overburdened mass transit system were also cited by opponents.
The deal would have meant an estimated 25,000 new jobs for the city.
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Austin fought hard, like so many cities did to get the Amazon contract. They job could change so many lives. The NYC fool needs a........
Screw this American hating female Castro.
I think its incredible, Ocasio-Cortez responded when asked to comment on Amazons about-face. It shows that everyday Americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and they can have more say in this country than richest man in the world.
LOL
What’s incredible is opportunities, jobs and taxes that will never appear.
sigh
you’re probably right
Blinded with pride they do not care how bad they look.
So, let us rejoice!
“The deal would have meant an estimated 25,000 new jobs for the city.”
If I was one of her constituents who was looking forward to a job building that HQ, or working there after it was done, I’d throw a pie in her face.
To bad New York state didn’t have a electoral collage type system to elect their governor.
Actually a smart GOP campaign ad staff would point out how much of a tax burden the Amazon deal and resultant Corporate Welfare (in the form of tax-breaks to a company currently in it’s 2nd year of paying no income tax) would pass on to taxpayers.
Most voters care about taxes and notice when our politicians give millions of dollars or more in tax breaks to corporate entities and then force the rest of the tax base to make up for the loss in increased taxes.
No welfare for Illegals and No welfare for multi-million/multi-billion dollar corporations!
If us citizens have to pay our taxes then so should they!
That fugly broad couldn’t think her way out of a wet paper bag!
“She does have a point about the corporate welfare (3 giga-bucks in tax breaks).”
1) Earn pretty good money, which will produce tax revenue for NYS and NYC (not to mention the fed.gov, of which she is a part);
2) Spend most of the rest of that money which, via the multiplier effect, will produce TONS of economic growth (and, thus, tons of extra taxes for NYC, NYS and the feds); and
3) that more services will be necessary to the lives of those people - such as clothing stores, gas stations, grocery stores, auto dealers, restaurants, etc., etc., etc.
The simple fact is that anywhere a company as large as Amazon goes, it is GOING to get tax breaks...because the economic growth that they MUST bring to that area will much more than offset those initial breaks. Oh, and those breaks are simply “we won’t collect those taxes that you would otherwise generate IN THE FUTURE” - IOW, there is no actual expenditure of those funds.
Working people are leaving NY. No jobs, high cost, taxes etc.
“No reason to think next time will be different.”
1. Donald Trump.
2. Donald Trump.
3-99 Donald Trump.
100. Donald Trump.
In case you missed it over the last 3 years, Donald Trump is not exactly your typical RINO or Fredocon. Just saying.
Kinda makes me hope the three of them (and their hijabs) take a ride in a convertible...ala Isadora Duncan (Hey, I can have a dream :-)
Does she ever use the subway?
Is that how she performs a certain act?...because most guys wouldn’t like it done that way.
Ha! You are assuming the Republicans are different from the Democrats. They are not. It's the Uni-party.
LOL. I have no idea what she was doing.
“lieberals screwing over liberals, I like it!”
I am savoring THIS MOMENT! In an age where the level of “Extreme” defines your worthiness, the new left devours the previous version of “new left”. Cuomo and DeBlasio were no longer extreme enough. Cortez is the NEW extreme left. They will devour each other until we have Stalinist Gulags. Then and only then will those who retain arms decide what is worth fighting for.
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