AOC and Amazon

All very valid concerns IMO

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AOC is very passionate but I find her ideas frightening. The sad part is, many people hear the word *free* and think her ideas are great. Nothing is free, someone has to pay for it.

The loss of potential jobs should never be celebrated. The loss of actual jobs should also never be celebrated.

States with backwards laws and lawmakers that try and repress and harm citizens should not be rewarded with lucrative contracts (sorry not sorry) (and I don’t know that that’s what’s going to happen here, only mentioning it because Snow said something about it above in her OP).

AOC is not my favorite person. I believe she is trying to do good, but she is doing it as a bull in a china shop. And that makes her dangerous (to me).

I do not think NY was the best place for amazon to build that hub. The traffic situation is a serious concern. That said, I don’t live here and I’m not following this story too closely. The only thing I care about is hat they don’t decided to send all those jobs overseas.

I didn’t follow the final plan closely, but I would guess that 70% of New Yorkers weren’t going to be directly (and significantly) impacted like the folks who live right where it was planned. Perhaps they reap some of the economic benefits without any of the downside. Not saying that I want it in my immediate neighborhood either, but I am not sure how relevant a polling number like that is in the big scheme of the discussion.

As a resident of Queens, NY I did not think it was a good idea. 

There’s a world of difference between Northern Virginia and Queens. I think Northern Virginia is a great location, too.

I saw this post earlier but waited until watching the evening news before commenting. Since Amazon is declining to choose another location, I think they used political opposition as an excuse. I never understood why they choose such expensive locations as NYC and DC as locations in the first place. I wonder if Bezos personal problems are entering into decisions about something as expensive and time consuming as building another headquarters.

However, I don't think that one politician should be so openly critical of decisions already made. We have someone in the White House trying to undo everything his predecessor did using whatever means necessary. This isn't quite the same thing but this political tone is unproductive and a real turn off. I often don't approve of his actions and in this case I don't approve of hers. It would be state and local government's choice on how to spend their money. If she wanted a say in what they did, she should have run for a state office. There are plenty of issues before Congress and that is where her concerns need to lie.

LOW WAGE JOBS for the most part!

bezos has so much money he could build 10 headquarters without blinking.. and a headquarters would not be low payed jobs.. but high payed jobs mostly held by outside new york people..

I think it is similar to making pot legal. All of the positives are reported and people think of the benefits in $. You have to also consider the negatives and plan for both. Both sound good in theory, but they also have drawbacks.

Honestly, I think Amazon was incredibly short-sighted not to expect push back when they choose a community that is represented by left-leaning progressive politics. 

To me, it is like when a sports team leaves a city because the city won't pay for a new stadium. Local taxpayers subsidizing billionaires far beyond what the community gains is ridiculous.

This LA Times article has a nice review of how the deal fell apart.

I think she is shedding light on what Republicans and conservatives are taking advantage of.

Trump’s tax cut for the upper 1%....he doled it out without a plan to pay for it.

Amazon paid almost ZERO taxes (hurting the cities, schools, property) for bargains on tax breaks.

It’s NOT her saying that things are *free* it is AOC pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of the republicans, and educating people on exactly what us and has been happening.

When you read/hear some of what she’s suggesting, it makes such simple sense, and SHOULD be attainable, however the people in charge are making sure that those who have funded or paid loyalty into thus administration are rewarded, and often at the expense of those who need help the most.