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Pretty sure the opposition is opposed to those as well...
by gipp 8y ago
Pretty sure the opposition is opposed to those as well...
- listenallyall 8y agoWithout them, "the opposition" would likely be living in a city without Yankee Stadium or Barclays Arena, with a huge hole in the ground in Lower Manhattan, no High Line, a dilapidated Central Park, and most importantly, a whole bunch of their employers having waved bye-bye in the 1990s-2000s. Come to think of it, lots of "the opposition" would never have even moved to NYC had their job been located in Charlotte, or Kansas City, or Connecticut. It's easy to look at New York City today and just assume its always been a clean, safe, prosperous megalopolis with strong business activity, and therefore it always will be. However, that perspective would be very wrong.
- gipp 8y agoI have no strong conviction about the merits of their view, really. I'm just pointing out that painting them as hypocritical in regards to the Amazon deal, as in your original post, is not really well-founded.
- listenallyall 8y agoSorry, but it is entirely hypocritical to benefit from tax subsidies in all kinds of ways, such as being employed by a company receiving large tax credits/incentives, taking the mortgage interest deduction, enjoying parks and recreational activities funded by other people's taxes, and certainly, use of the great, yet heavily subsidized, NYC subway/bus system. I'm sure residents of Syracuse and Rochester love helping to pay for the NYC Subway (/s) and they also would have warmly welcomed Amazon (not /s) http://interactive.nydailynews.com/project/mta-funding http://interactive.nydailynews.com/project/mta-funding