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mr_lebowski

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46. Unless... UNLESS!!!

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 02:18 PM

Feb 2019

Somebody ELSE could move in, take that SAME SPOT, get an even LOWER tax break, and earn even MORE money than Amazon would have and then ... BAM ... even MOAR revenues!

BOOYAH!

And totally no problem ... I'm sure the suitors are lined up ...

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A.O.C. and the Amazon pullout from N.Y.C, [View all] 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 OP

they can run dweller Feb 2019 #1

Nice! tazkcmo Feb 2019 #2

The monk hand the vendor a twenty, and asks, "where's my change"? The vendor says: LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #6

lol dweller Feb 2019 #12

Got any more of those joke? Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #54

A zen student asked his master: "Is it okay to use email?" "Yes", replied the master, LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #72

Why did the Buddhist coroner get fired? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #73

What do you call a schizophrenic Zen Buddhist? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #74

The student asked, "Master, what is the sound of one hand clapping?" LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #75

I love a joke Turbineguy Feb 2019 #77

When the Dalai Lama was asked: SeattleVet Feb 2019 #9

Japanese guy goes to see eye doctor.. at140 Feb 2019 #83

It was a straight business decision from Amazons perspective. You have Virginia and Nashville who still_one Feb 2019 #3

Amazon in South Jersey is so poorly run, a 80% employee turnover in a week, 90% in a month. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #50

I virulently oppose giving a company around $2 billion to bring in 25,000 jobs. Blue_true Feb 2019 #78

Not everything Skidmore Feb 2019 #4

Well, THAT'S a relief! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #18

I guarantee you her next election will be about this. redstatebluegirl Feb 2019 #28

It's been my life experience that when someone offers informed advice and counsel... NurseJackie Feb 2019 #42

Word around Queens was that there already were thoughts of a primary challenge.... George II Feb 2019 #86

I got an email from the congresswoman boasting about "making them pay" lapucelle Feb 2019 #103

I wish you'd post the complete email as an OP. Mariana Feb 2019 #108

"Make them pay a price for 'primary' threats" is the subject line. lapucelle Feb 2019 #112

I suspect the Republicans will be painting the whole Democratic party as anti-business still_one Feb 2019 #96

Let's just declare what business is: Republicans love "Small Business" Koch, KPMG, Xe, etc. Small. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #99

Whew !!! 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #71

+1 nt brer cat Feb 2019 #22

New York dodged a bullet! yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2019 #5

25,000 jobs? I want a bullet like that in Cleveland. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #31

25,000 is highly exagerated Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #55

We must unite against the Jacquard loom! Loki Liesmith Feb 2019 #61

Oh come on now Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #63

Don't you know what that facility was going to be? George II Feb 2019 #69

I am more worried on the low end jobs. Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #79

Some people think of Amazon Apollyonus Feb 2019 #104

If they didn't get to 25,000 workers they wouldn't have gotten many of the incentives. George II Feb 2019 #70

Here is why I will never trust Amazon Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #80

The NYC facility wouldn't have been a warehouse. George II Feb 2019 #114

It's amazing how NYS has accomplished under Cuomo what states like VT (for example) can't... lapucelle Feb 2019 #113

That was the legal committment in the deal. Do you have a link to support the claim lapucelle Feb 2019 #107

Have Cleveland set up a soveign wealth fund instead of giving massive Corps the money. Blue_true Feb 2019 #82

Albuquerque would love that bullet. So would almost anywhere else. comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #45

Yes we did. And there really are many cities that would love Amazon to Squinch Feb 2019 #58

Not really...we took a kick in the giblets. AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #91

Thoughts? New Hampshire Man Feb 2019 #7

I thought it was not the best decision from the get go. Fla Dem Feb 2019 #8

That is untrue. These were good jobs. And would have helped the poor and middle class too. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #33

Wringing my hands at the thought. Thanks for your concern. nt Doremus Feb 2019 #10

Weren't the final 20 cities under consideration by Amazon left leaning cities? In It to Win It Feb 2019 #11

Pretty much all major cities are 'left leaning'. comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #47

NYC's subway system is a mess. DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #13

Amazon would not be paid anything. The $3B was mostly in the form of tax abatement and.. George II Feb 2019 #19

Doesn't matter, it's still lost revenue DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #24

Yup they don't need it. They got billions in reserve. Johonny Feb 2019 #26

I agree with you, but that's separate issue theboss Feb 2019 #66

Well, even if the City and State gave 75% abatements (an exaggeration)... George II Feb 2019 #30

You presume zipplewrath Feb 2019 #34

Property is assessed based on the property itself and any improvements on that property. George II Feb 2019 #57

It would be more than zero zipplewrath Feb 2019 #64

It's a part of Queens that has not been on developers' radar theboss Feb 2019 #67

Unless... UNLESS!!! mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #46

Actually it wasn't "lost revenue". NYS was not giving Amazon a pile of money. AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #43

C'mon man....you're WAY to practical and objective.... George II Feb 2019 #60

There's no $3 billion that is now free for something else theboss Feb 2019 #49

The details are important lapucelle Feb 2019 #110

Her political victory is really a conspiracy against her? mathematic Feb 2019 #14

Amen to that! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #17

What " political victory"? George II Feb 2019 #20

This wasn't her victory and she didn't claim it was. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2019 #25

This is what people are discussing...her response to the news of the pullout. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #35

Yeah. Where in that does she take credit for it? Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2019 #41

She called it a victory...it will be used against her...and there are other tweets...if you check. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #51

So if I am a Patriots fan and I tweet "some great people just won the Superbowl" Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2019 #56

"There were very fine people on both sides." klook Feb 2019 #68

She certainly did... AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #90

Nowhere in that tweet does she say she was in that group Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2019 #97

She certainly says "We" quite often AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #100

She's from NY. It would be her tax dollars. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2019 #102

I've lived here for 57 yrs. I've seen these AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #105

I lulz'd KG Feb 2019 #15

Cortez had nothing to do with Apollyonus Feb 2019 #16

If so (and it's not) AOC shouldn't play into their hands with foolish comments brooklynite Feb 2019 #21

I'm with... myohmy2 Feb 2019 #23

Corporate dems again? Most people work for corporations. comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #48

+1 Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #53

Nope, but AOC did acknowledge that Google is building in NYC.. WITHOUT asking for bennies. The Truth Is Here Feb 2019 #27

It was a business decision. AOC is not that powerful underpants Feb 2019 #29

Its not about her power. The topic is about how Rep.s will use Amazon's decision against her 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #32

First, she's not losing that district. Second, Repubs have a lot bigger problem underpants Feb 2019 #36

I agree with you on the first part. I hope you are right about the second part of your post. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #40

Do not overestimate the way blue. Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #62

I like AOC a lot Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #59

Corporate extortion needs to stop. this practice is illegal in the EU. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #37

I completely agree. nt Blue_true Feb 2019 #85

And Yet Google Is Investing A Billion & Didn't Ask For A Dime Me. Feb 2019 #38

Again... doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #39

Chasing jobs away is never a good look. comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #44

The notion that Ocasio Cortez.... quickesst Feb 2019 #52

It was ridiculous that they chose NYC to begin with themaguffin Feb 2019 #65

Um, because you should NOT locate in a major financial hub and transportation center? brooklynite Feb 2019 #76

A somewhat irrelevant question. Blue_true Feb 2019 #88

Please don't do that. They laid out their needs in the RFP. themaguffin Feb 2019 #98

NYC allows them to have the type of workers they were looking for. Blue_true Feb 2019 #87

They should have went north of the city... Historic NY Feb 2019 #81

Surprised the GOP is crediting AOC, and giving her that much power. I think it had more to do vsrazdem Feb 2019 #84

Bezos is a greedy thief. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #89

Amazon was getting 3B in incentives from taxpayers to build in NYC. Google is paying 1B Autumn Feb 2019 #92

Your post is misleading... AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #93

Having lived in a city where a large business was given similar incentives on a smaller scale, of Autumn Feb 2019 #94

I've lived in NY all my life..I've seen these things work AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #101

It's the "not" that's the problem. nt Autumn Feb 2019 #111

Maybe you missed this polling of NY'ers about the project AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #115

I'm not a citizen of NY so the poll is of no interest to me. I gave my opinion based on my Autumn Feb 2019 #116

As I said I was born here..... in 1961.. AncientGeezer Feb 2019 #117

F*ck Amazon with a big 'F'. Local governments starve because of these extortion contests pecosbob Feb 2019 #95

AOC should have spent more time studying the deal Apollyonus Feb 2019 #106

She wants to claim credit for it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #109