Posted on 02/14/2019 3:05:32 PM PST by ETL
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lambasted politicians such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others over Amazon's decision to leave New York City. Opponents of the deal with the tech giant had "put their own narrow political interests above their community," he said.
"[A] small group [of] politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community -- which poll after poll showed overwhelmingly supported bringing Amazon to Long Island City -- the state's economic future and the best interests of the people of this state," Cuomo said in the statement, which did not mention Ocasio-Cortez or other lawmakers by name. "The New York State Senate has done tremendous damage. They should be held accountable for this lost economic opportunity."
In the statement issued by his office, Gov. Cuomo mentioned that Amazon chose the Empire State because it is "the capital of the world and the best place to do business," adding that missing out on Amazon is a lost opportunity to diversify "our economy away from real estate and Wall Street."
Cuomo also said New York lost out on an opportunity to further cement its status "as an emerging center for tech and was an extraordinary economic win not just for Queens and New York City, but for the entire region, from Long Island to Albany's nanotech center."
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You live by liberal progressive stupidity, you die by it. (as the smart poster shows with his cool snake eating snake pics).
Maybe the fact that the pool of working class people Amazon would need are leaving NY in droves might WOKE idiots like Cuomo.
I love tax loving liberals that will give “tax incentives” to generate tax revenue. They unwittingly admit we are right...lower rates, more growth, more revenue. Coolidge, Kennedy, Reagan, etc. win again.
And then to top it off Cuomo is BEGGING Trump to “fix” the cap on SALT deductions (even though the standard went way up) because, he admits again, his state taxes too much now that they can’t write it all off on the backs of the rest of us.
All while aborting their future workers. Weird people.
But not to worry, liberals in Nashville are dying to take advantage since they were getting a small version of the NY plan. They have plenty of lower housing areas full of blacks, Hispanics, poor, etc. they can redevelop. Not like they really care about any of them!
This is the kind of issue that separate pragmatic democrats who have some small understanding of capitalism, from the real psychopaths who will cheer jobs going up in smoke.
It sounds like Cuomo Jr. wishes his party didn’t win control of the State Senate, his far left foes accused him of just that, cause the GOP Senate prevented psychotic legislation from passing and gave Cuomo cover to be reasonable sometimes.
I just want to say again that the crazy eyes go away if they get real drunk. I learned that in college. But, sadly, in the morning when you have to send them out on the walk of shame the crazy eyes come back.
For me, I learned it by accident after waking up to crazy eyes and thinking to myself: “no way I would have picked this crazy b**** up last night.” Then I figured out it wasn’t me that had a 10 at 2. It was her crazy eyes that went away.
Other than alcohol, there is no cure.
Cuomo - wholesale murder of babies is a good thing, chasing away potentially huge tax sources is unconscionable...
Evil Rat versus Evil Rat.
Beaver, vampire or both?
I think the real issue is that Andy was hoping for a big check and now it’s gone.
New Jersey is a joke. more like Florida.
No, his current wife, who had an insipid cooking show, highlighted by an unintentionally hilarious “Kwanzaa Cake” episode. Look it up, it’s a classic.
"She's got Andrew Cuomo eyes..." (with apologies to Kim Carnes.)
Thanks ETL.
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