@sh76 said
It's not "'em" that's being screwed. Amazon will go somewhere else and be just fine.
It's the New York City economy that's being screwed.
AOC seems to be under the impression that the tax money would have come to NY either way but that Amazon would simply have kept more of it.
That's not the way it works. The economy is not a zero-sum game.
"Amazon will go somewhere else and be just fine."
of course. It would be harder to trick Tulsa into giving them 3 billion dollars in subsidies and the same kind of benefits a city like New York can offer.
"It's the New York City economy that's being screwed."
you think Amazon is New York's last chance? or are you exaggerating?
"AOC seems to be under the impression that the tax money would have come to NY either way"
Or maybe that's just your impression and she simply recognized that it's not a great deal while full understanding the details. Rather than give 3 billion in tax breaks to amazon, how about you subsidize smaller businesses instead? Job training for unemployed. Healthcare? Better fund schools.
If ? New York could afford to lose 3billion in taxes, it's not that "screwed" and it should think of "losing" that money to people who actually need it, not a multi-billion corporation.