Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights Amazon Deal In NYC

[Tiberius]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/22/amazon-hq-2-new-york-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-1012546

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NEW YORK — Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is assuming a leadership role in efforts to combat Amazon’s plan to build a new headquarters in Queens, an initial test of the incoming House freshman's clout in her home city.

The 29-year-old progressive darling headlined a closed-press, standing-room-only meeting of activists in lower Manhattan on Monday, near the site of the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park. The meeting’s purpose, according to those who attended, was to strategize about how to kill Amazon’s deal to build a headquarters in Long Island City — a deal that proponents say would bring at least 25,000 well-paying jobs in exchange for roughly $3 billion in subsidies.

The instant outrage that greeted Governor Andrew Cuomo's and Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement that Amazon would come to Queens appeared to take both politicians by surprise. Critics of the deal point to the absence of a meaningful oversight role for the New York City Council, Amazon’s anti-union record, its talks with ICE about facial recognition technology, out-of-control gentrification and the deal’s inclusion of a helipad.

 

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Edited November 23, 2018 by Tiberius

[Doc Brown]

So much for De Blasio calling himself a progressive.  No guarantees that Amazon would hire locally or become more union friendly.  Housing prices will go up in the area and force people out.  Tax payer dollars will go to Bezos instead of to schools and infrastructure.  Fraud.

[3rdnlng]

9 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

So much for De Blasio calling himself a progressive.  No guarantees that Amazon would hire locally or become more union friendly.  Housing prices will go up in the area and force people out.  Tax payer dollars will go to Bezos instead of to schools and infrastructure.  Fraud.

Average of 150k salary doesn't cry out for union protection. The reason for Amazon locating there is that a workforce is more easily available. I'm betting that a better deal could have been gotten if Cuomo and De Blasio understood why Amazon wanted to locate there and if there were any other locations (other than VA) in the country that could compete with them.

[boyst]

2 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

So much for De Blasio calling himself a progressive.  No guarantees that Amazon would hire locally or become more union friendly.  Housing prices will go up in the area and force people out.  Tax payer dollars will go to Bezos instead of to schools and infrastructure.  Fraud.

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1 hour ago, Boyst62 said:

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[PearlHowardman]

On 11/23/2018 at 2:09 PM, Doc Brown said:

So much for De Blasio calling himself a progressive.  No guarantees that Amazon would hire locally or become more union friendly.  Housing prices will go up in the area and force people out.  Tax payer dollars will go to Bezos instead of to schools and infrastructure.  Fraud.

 

This was a pre-2018 mid-term election problem for Democrats that Republicans were too stupid to exploit!  Way, way, way too many Democrats have their greedy hands in the cookie jar of corporate America.  How many houses and cars does Bernie Sanders own?  How much money do the MSM elitists earn per year?

 

 

 

[PearlHowardman]

23 hours ago, Boyst62 said:

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House of Representatives Leader Nancy Pelosi - Democrat- net worth of $120 million.

 

[Tiberius]

1 hour ago, PearlHowardman said:

 

This was a pre-2018 mid-term election problem for Democrats that Republicans were too stupid to exploit!  Way, way, way too many Democrats have their greedy hands in the cookie jar of corporate America.  How many houses and cars does Bernie Sanders own?  How much money do the MSM elitists earn per year?

 

 

 

New York is such a pro-business state that Amazon had to come there! 

2 minutes ago, PearlHowardman said:

 

House of Representatives Leader Nancy Pelosi - Democrat- net worth of $120 million.

 

So she is worth more than every West Virginia Trump voter put together! 

[PearlHowardman]

2 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

New York is such a pro-business state that Amazon had to come there! 

 

Democrats are frauds!  They're complete whores for corporate America money and then they kick all of their Democrat voters under the political bus after elections.  Lucky for Democrats that Republicans aren't smart enough to expose them.

 

[Tiberius]

7 minutes ago, PearlHowardman said:

 

Democrats are frauds!  They're complete whores for corporate America money and then they kick all of their Democrat voters under the political bus after elections.  Lucky for Democrats that Republicans aren't smart enough to expose them.

 

Sounds like Trump and his voters. "We will have the best health care!! We will replace Obamacare!! We promise" 

 

Well, Trump actually tried gutting their healthcare. Boo 

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, PearlHowardman said:

 

This was a pre-2018 mid-term election problem for Democrats that Republicans were too stupid to exploit!  Way, way, way too many Democrats have their greedy hands in the cookie jar of corporate America.  How many houses and cars does Bernie Sanders own?  How much money do the MSM elitists earn per year?

The reason Republicans don't is then their opponent attacks the sources of their campaign donations and ties to corporate America.  Basically the pot calling the kettle black.