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quote:As Jon notes, the ways in which an enlarged tax base are spent can go a long way toward reducing the size of the loser groups.
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Yes. Thanks.quote:Originally posted by well-tempered gardener:
pj - is this it?
https://www.businessinsider.co...f-amazon-hq2-2017-12
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quote:Originally posted by jon-nyc:
It would be easer to fix the subways with the $27B in tax revenue this deal would have brought in.
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quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:quote:Originally posted by jon-nyc:
It would be easer to fix the subways with the $27B in tax revenue this deal would have brought in.
Or not. Projects like this are notorious for overstating the possible benefit without fully considering the down side.
A better deal would be to fix the subways with the $5 Bil you charge Amazon in permit and infrastructure fees.
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quote:Originally posted by jon-nyc:
Hahaha. Forgive him, folks, he’s not from New York.
The system is in a state of emergency. There was even a 60 minutes episode about it a couple of months ago.
quote:You know what Amazon should have done to divide and reduce opposition to the Queens expansion? They should have made one of the conditions of the expansion that Cuomo and the state promptly fix some key subway lines.
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quote:Originally posted by jon-nyc:
The system is in a state of emergency. There was even a 60 minutes episode about it a couple of months ago.
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quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:quote:Originally posted by jon-nyc:
The system is in a state of emergency. There was even a 60 minutes episode about it a couple of months ago.
From what I've heard, taxes in NYC are very high and should generate sufficient revenue to maintain the infrastructure. For whatever reason, they don't.
If they can't get by on what they already receive I don't see how giving the opportunity to waste an additional $27 B (over 10 years) will make the situation any better.
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