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> Second, "average of $150K" is meaningless. Does that include or exclude Bezos' salary? Why would anyone include Bezos' salary among the freshly minted 25,000
by writepub 8y ago
> Second, "average of $150K" is meaningless. Does that include or exclude Bezos' salary?
Why would anyone include Bezos' salary among the freshly minted 25,000 jobs! This is such a straw-man!
> Third, how many of those jobs will go to New Yorkers
Who says there's an agenda to not employ qualified New Yorkers? Why is it criminal for other Americans to get those jobs, if qualified? Is there some NY jingoism at play here that Amazon and the US are unawares of? It is a federal crime to discriminate employment against state/city residency!
> Fourth, has Amazon made any concrete commitments to transit development on paper?
That is expressly the job of elected officials, the sensible of which are actively wooing Amazon for the increased tax income, that can then go towards transit, and other public programs.
> Also leave AOC out of it.
Is AOC some protected class among politicians, whose demagoguery is apparently off limits for criticism? She has actively pitchforked outrage on the matter, and is absolutely a part of the discussion.
- nerdponx 8y ago1. I was being hyperbolic, but I hope you understand the point. 2. Call it jingoism if you like, but there are good reasons to be skeptical of what happens when you import labor en masse without employing the local population first. 3. You can't trust an elected official any further than you can throw them. If something hasn't been signed it's as good as worthless. There is a good reason we put so much weight on contracts in our legal system. Most other businesses operate on those terms; I don't see why I should trust my elected official any more than I trust my employees, my employer, etc. 4. No, but her embarrassing ignorance is irrelevant to the discussion.