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Old 02-15-2019, 03:05 PM
 
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Originally Posted by vick04 View Post
This comment is the embodiment of why Amazon pulled out of LIC. Looking at the short term and completely ignoring the long term benefits.

So Mayor Mike Bloomberg doesn't know what he's talking about but you do??



Long-Term Benefit:
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potentially 25,000 to 40,000 jobs, direct and indirect, for transplants



Short AND Long-Term Losses:
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guaranteed housing costs up all over an already top-expense city


guaranteed mass transit problems on top of already plagued system

 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:24 PM
 
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As a citizen, I am happy, but I can't say the same for those politicians. I'm pretty sure they are upset now because they are not getting the bonuses they were expecting....Aww....I'm so sorry to hear that...

It's like with Obama's TPP...very secretive, they won't broach any oversight, any questioning...and the morons lap it up like the Second Coming of Jesus Christ!!


Seriously, these idiots would surely interview anyone they hire and do background checks but somehow none of that is important when it comes to businesses doing what they want just the way they want to....
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:27 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Tarheelhombre View Post
So true. No wonder people and Business are flocking South.

Good; let them. What's the problem? In fact, let them go to China!


Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:29 PM
 
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NIMBY a-holes win. These people say infrastructure is bad for them and amazon would make it worse. I suppose we should stop all progress and not build anything because these snowflakes are too crammed on the train.

Bunch of crybabies, man this is such a bad ominous sign for NYC. Exodus...

And yet here you are, whining over something that's got nothing to do with you.


Go to China. It's a capitalist paradise over there. You belong there.
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:30 PM
 
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Good for subway system.

And the motorists, too, even -- less people means less congestion all around.
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:33 PM
 
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Your tax dollars weren't going anywhere. It was basically Amazon paying reduced taxes to the city, not the city (or you) actually paying Amazon. Now the city gets got 100% of nothing instead of 70% of the total real actual tax bill. Great.

A doctor's first order of business is to DO NO HARM.


Better no gain than certain loss.


If you hypocrites are so worried about taxes, you should agitate for making Amazon pay its fair share, which right now is literally $0 in federal taxes...and they want more tax breaks???


You people should just go to China and stay there. Win-win!!
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:38 PM
 
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Yep, cutting off your nose to spite your face...

More like cutting off your arm to feed your stomach: dumb.


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This sends a horrible message that nyc is unfriendly to big business.

No, it's a great message: we're not suckers and we're gonna negotiate just like a business. No deal? No problem.


BTW, Amazon's still gonna expand their footprint in NYC -- just without the tax breaks. LOL!!!
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:39 PM
 
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Amazon is welcome to set up shop wherever they want, just lease the office space (or build) and pay taxes like anyone else.

And guess what?? They're still expanding in NYC -- only "17,000" jobs (possibly)...all without tax breaks!!
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:42 PM
 
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Never understood why they wanted LIC. Westchester made more sense.

They recruit from the global labor market (thus putting to bed the lie about "losing" 25K jobs) and top techies typically wouldn't want to in a suburban environment.
 
Old 02-15-2019, 03:43 PM
 
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Yay NoVA!

And you can keep your coal mines and black lung disease, too!
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