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Corporate Socialism denied, AOC was right.

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5 hours ago, Rocket said:

Saving the tax payers of NY $3 Billion.

 

 

 

Amazon wasn't getting money from the government, they were just getting a tax credit for taxes they will never pay now.

She didn't save the taxpayers anything she cost them tax revenue and jobs.   The fact other tech companies are moving in doesn't change that.

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Wow.

That was one of the stupidest things I've watched in a long time.

AOC was not right. AOC was a dipshit, as are all who bought into the "use the $3 billion to fix the subway" nonsense.

You can't use $3 billion in taxes if they're never raised. The city was going to give Amazon that much money off their taxes if they created jobs and economic activity worth three times that.

Do socialists not understand economics at all?

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Such a beautiful city.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/disorder-rises-in-de-blasios-new-york-11563136846?mod=hp_opin_pos_2

With violent crime on the decline for decades, many New Yorkers take their safety for granted. Yet many city residents and businesses, especially outside Manhattan, tell of disorder in the streets. Neighborhoods are immersed in graffiti (or what the New York Times calls “street art”), and noise complaints are common. The city’s response to graffiti is to spend millions of tax dollars to remove it, while the vandals aren’t prosecuted, encouraging them to keep on tagging.

 

Subway fare evasion has become widespread, even fashionable. Some see it as a form of rebellion. Petty theft like stolen package deliveries is rampant. Crimes of all sorts go unreported. A cohort of elected officials seem to believe, even if they don’t say it, that shoplifting is a mere settling of scores, especially if the victim is an accursed big-box or high-end store.

 

New York has been dubbed “the world’s largest gated community.” Those inside the gates have doormen, elaborate security systems, underground parking, and unlimited Uber and taxi trips. Those on the outside must navigate commercial streets that shutter promptly at sundown, ride the subway late at night, feel defenseless when someone makes a noise on a fire escape or bangs on their apartment door, or shepherd their kids through open-air drug markets. They find their concerns are readily dismissed.

The big question in all this is: How did criminal-justice reform become synonymous with the silencing of victims and communities?

 

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