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In reply to the discussion: On His Jobs Tour, Obama Touts Amazon Jobs That Are Literally Out Of Reach [View all]seabeckind
(1,957 posts)17. Nonsense
That's the argument a company makes to justify their chosing a location that offers them monetary advantage.
Most times they don't want to deal with city regs or zoning. It's a lot easier to go out and grab some unincorporated field from a farmer and pay him 3 times what it's worth (usually not much), get a nice fat state subsidy, get some taxfree land for 10 years, have the county make the roads and infrastructure to support the place, a little "incentive" for the county gov't...
and they're in the money.
Oh, and after the sunset of the incentives?
Close up shop and move.
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On His Jobs Tour, Obama Touts Amazon Jobs That Are Literally Out Of Reach [View all]
onehandle
Jul 2013
OP
In reality, how many jobs in America have access to public transportation?
liberal N proud
Jul 2013
#1
One of these warehouses, which are not near central urban areas, will kill thousands of businesses.
onehandle
Jul 2013
#3
The former Bethlehem Steel plant was smack in the middle of the city, with plenty of buses right to
WinkyDink
Jul 2013
#59
True enough. The best of America is its "bread-basket," but its weakness is revealed with its
WinkyDink
Jul 2013
#122
Public transportation was not a forte of the previous, Republican party.
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2013
#6
The post does seem out of place. Of course, you are more likely to get silenced because
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#120
Sometimes retrofitting an existing facility is less cost effective than simply constructing
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#48
So jobs for unskilled people buidling new roads that other people will drive on
JoePhilly
Jul 2013
#57
Low paying temp jobs with huge turnover, lousy conditions isn't exactly the backdrop I'd want.
Skeeter Barnes
Jul 2013
#28
"searched multiple times a day" --They didn't even do that to the coal miners.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#42
The dignity of workers is more valuable than cell phones and SLR lenses. If Amazon can't figure out
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#92
It's the students for whom I feel the deepest sadness, many of whom were sold a
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#38
I know. To be honest, I don't know what I'd tell a student trying to figure out a good career path.
reformist2
Jul 2013
#45
I think it may be a myth that health care will provide stable career prospects. I remember reading
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#46
Wow. I can believe it. I feel like it's the Titanic, once people hear about an empty lifeboat, they
reformist2
Jul 2013
#53
A lot of it is like every skill "shortage", the market is glutted and so requirements are ratchet up
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#117
So true. I'm hearing that in the Big Pharma labs, they're kicking out anyone who doesn't have a PhD.
reformist2
Aug 2013
#129
Yup, a PhD in engineering required to run the fry station and a Masters to mop is the goal.
TheKentuckian
Aug 2013
#138
Marie Antoinette said it best for the hungry who did not have bread: "Just let them eat cake."
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#40
Not to mention the absolutely soul-crushing environment and zero mental stimulation.
WinkyDink
Jul 2013
#55
And what you just posted has what to do with Amazon paying a living wage, or having a more
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#62
They locate on these items. Tax giveaways, More tax giveaways and a pliable workforce.
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#67
Kind of hard to discuss anything when you keep switching subjects/ moving goalposts. nt
ecstatic
Jul 2013
#93
Very true. But the system has us between a rock and a hard place. On the one
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#68
A lot of policy wonks reside in places like New York where you don't even need to own a car.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#65
Perhaps amazon can provide shuttle service between local mass-transit and the work-site.
eggplant
Jul 2013
#81
It's because they are investing in huge new buildings all over the country right now.
Skeeter Barnes
Jul 2013
#95
Amazing that Amazon didn't make arrangements with Chattanooga before they'd
winter is coming
Jul 2013
#90
and what are the wages and benefits? Everytime I hear the phrase job creation from either party
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#103
"feel-good, clean air-generating pursuit for endangered species-loving people who eat wheat grass"
KamaAina
Jul 2013
#106
I'm sure most people on this thread have shopped online at sites like Amazon
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2013
#128
Yup, folks do. Not all of us live in bucoli communes with everything growing in our backyard.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#134
There's another Amazon fulfillment center in Charleston, Tenn, about 35 miles north of Chattanooga..
Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2013
#135