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I don't understand how amazon itself would create such a wealth imbalance among people. There are already so many big corporations that pay handsomely for those
by melbourner 8y ago
I don't understand how amazon itself would create such a wealth imbalance among people. There are already so many big corporations that pay handsomely for those who work in Newyork city and the cost of living is same as SF or Seattle.
- kerkeslager 8y ago1. Straight off the bat, you're giving a gigantic subsidy to the largest retailer of the world, whose CTO is the richest man in the world. That's coming out of taxes paid by normal people. If that's not obviously increasing wealth imbalance I don't know how to make it any clearer. The other companies who pay for those who work in NYC do so without creating a gigantic competition to see what city will give them the most money. 2. There are many reasons to be skeptical of Amazon's promises to create jobs. 3. Many of the jobs created are for technical, mental labor that requires education. There is no shortage of these jobs already, and many of the jobs are filled by people moving into New York, rather than by the people who are already there. 4. The cost of living is NOT the same as SF, yet. Rents in SF are much higher still.
- refurb 8y agoThat's coming out of taxes paid by normal people. No it's not. If Amazon doesn't come the city/state collects zero tax.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoAnd doesn't have to provide more services for the extra people.
- kerkeslager 8y agoIf you read my comment in context, you'd see that I'm stating problems with the (now hypothetical) situation where Amazon does come to NYC.