Amazon pulls out of NY

[Hawaii Hiker]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html?action=click&module=Alert&pgtype=Homepage

[frazzled]

1. Don't come here, now!

Just saying.

[RainCaster]

2. T & P

Thoughts & Prayers
Whomp Whomp

Amazon sends a message. I wonder if it was truly received.

[Ohiogal]

3. What happened, not enough tax abatements

To go along with their zero Federal tax?

[Sherman A1]

4. Excellent!

[Afromania]

5. The time where companies need to be bribed needs to be over.

Amazon should have paid NY for the privilege of being jammed into a city already full to the brim. They would be close to millions of their shoppers along with international ports and multiple top tier airports.

I'm thinking that alone would save them tons of money in the long run. I won't even get into the fact they don't pay any freaking tax, what's a travesty that shit is. The fact they got 3 billion in concessions is ridiculous.

[JuJuYoshida]

6. Amazon pulls out of NY

NY still gets pregnant

[Renew Deal]

7. Losing this is a giant mistake and a sign of general political disfunction in this country

[RAB910]

8. I completely agree

Politicians need to remember that one of their primary jobs is to secure good jobs for the people they serve. Pandering to their base should be LOW down on their priority list

[PSPS]

10. "Pandering to their base" as in, you know, their constituents? Check.

[RAB910]

11. I hold perhaps an antiquated view that once elected

A politician has a moral responsibility to serve all those that dwell in his or her district and not just what they consider their base. I don't hesitate to call Republicans out for not doing this, and I would be a hypocrite if I gave the Democrats a free pass

[PSPS]

13. "all those that dwell in his or her district" - Um, the people of Queens hated the idea.

[RAB910]

16. This is the only poll I am aware of

Among city residents polled by the upstate college, 58% supported the project and 35% were opposed when told of both the promised jobs and incentives.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/majority-of-new-yorkers-back-amazon-hq2-in-queens-this-poll-shows-2019-02-12

[PSPS]

9. That Amazon exists as it does today is a sign of general political disfunction in this country

[PoliticAverse]

12. Corporate welfare like this deal is a sign of "general political disfunction". n/t

[brooklynite]

14. Three big mistakes by Mayor De Blasio

1. Offering too many tax goodies to get them to come.

2. Not demanding enough givebacks/contributions to address City needs (notably housing and tranpsortation)

3. Not having the political clout to sell the deal to the Albany.

[BluegrassDem]

15. Amazon still provides JOBS. If you don't like Amazon, don't apply for a job there.

I remember heads were exploding cause Kentucky offered Toyota tons of incentives and tax breaks to build a factory here. Well after all that's said and done, the state is getting it all back due to the new middle class it created in central Kentucky.

[pwb]

17. Good. It would have only ended up like Foxcon did in Wisconsin.

All tax breaks and few good jobs. Amazon should pay New York to build here. We like making a living wage in the Northeast.

[walkingman]

18. Come to Austin - we need as many migrants in Texas as possible.

The more people come to Texas the better off we will be, I am sick and tired of all the rednecks and shitkickers.