Warren Wilhelm Jr
Posted on 02/19/2019 7:24:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
“I say, there is plenty of money in this world, plenty of money in this country. But it's in the wrong hands,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) declared on Sunday.
Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” de Blasio claimed that Amazon’s decision not to open a corporate headquarters in New York City is proof that wealth is in the hands of the wrong people:
“Let's be clear: No one chased away. This was Amazon's arbitrary decision. We had an agreement. If I made an agreement with you, and there were issues that came up, but we had an agreement, you wouldn't call me in the dead of night and say, 'Hey, we're taking our marbles, and we're going home.' Let's be clear about who made this decision. And this is the problem.
“When you have so much wealth and power in the hands of very few, it does not work for working people. I say, there is plenty of money in this world, plenty of money in this country, but it's in the wrong hands. And Amazon is making my point for me. What they did was arbitrary and unfair to working people."
Mayor de Blasio also argued that progressive policies can both redistribute wealth and stimulate economic growth:
“I think the challenge is to show we can do both, and in New York City we are doing both. We have 4.5 million jobs; we’re raising wages; raising benefits, giving people universal health care. We’re proving that progressives can achieve those things.”
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Bildo DaBloviator. Ecch!
Sounds like something a Bank Robber would say.
Baffled me that they would even want to build a large business complex in NYC, when the cost of land acquisition, permits, union-only construction costs, kickbacks, utilities, etc are multiple times what they would be elsewhere in the country.
If all the money in the country was evenly divided within two generations it would all be back just the way it is. Most people only know how to spend money.
Screw “fair”. This ain’t the schoolyard.
He's right. Just to name a few:
And the list goes on and on and on and on...
1935 movie “Make a Million” Econ prof says “The only thing wrong with money in the country today is the wrong people have it. Fortunes are being amassed by ninconpoop millionares who have attempted to set up an aristocracy of wealth instead of by achevement” Sound familiar?
What a fascist commie cuck.
Oh, he sure is a commie f*cktard, isn’t he, our Comrade Wilhelm...
Yes, the wrong people have all the money. I want to be the guy who gets to decide who gets what.
Warren Wilhelm Jr
I've been following the issue in the Puget Sound Business Journal. When Seattle announced the tax on jobs, Amazon announced they would not occupy a building to which they had committed; they would sublease the space.
When Amazon announced NYC was a no go, they took pains to emphasize there was no change in their employment plans in Seattle...no additional jobs.
Amazon has been shopping for office space/buildings on the Eastside (across Lake Washington from Seattle) specifically Bellevue. They have committed to or have inquired about space sufficient to house...25,000 workers. Bellevue has a very friendly and supportive business climate and city government.
Quite the coincidence.
Come and get some.
Have we EVER seen proponents of such ideas act as altruistically as they advocate everyone else do?
“Yes, it is in the wrong hands.
The government should take a lot less.”
You win the internet. No way to improve upon this post. :-)
In the hands of those that made it. Will these leftists corporations ever realize the truth?
Po widdo Biwwy got his po witto feewings huwt...aw...
there’s a TON of money in the wrong hands, he’s correct!!!!
we can fix this problem by taking away about half of what we send each year to WashDC
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