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Minor Deity |
A Better Way to Attract Amazon’s Jobs https://nyti.ms/2EdNNDj The above compares Virginia’s deal with New York’s deal for Amazon.com.
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It’s disingenuous to compare the subsidies, most of which are tax rebates, without also mentioning the respective tax rates of the two locales. It’s rather like saying Barney’s gave me $20 off a white t-shirt while Old Navy only discounted it by $5 so Barney’s is being too generous. The full context requires knowledge of the list prices at the two stores.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
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I haven't followed the news in a fortnight. I'm not sorry about it. | |||
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Well, the NY Times ran a lot of opinion pieces and letters to the editor today, and it's about 50/50 between "Amazon blew it" and "NYC blew it."
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The ones they chose to publish were 50/50. | |||
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
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Well then. It seems in AOC we have a cultural pivot. | |||
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How so?
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I think you will read and try to understand the point of view of the person who I think probably is right with me. This is the eternal question. | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Horace - AOC really didn’t have a role in this, except maybe indirectly as cheerleader. The name of the individual who decided to kill the deal (oddly not mentioned in the piece) is Andrea Stewart-Cousins. She is the Senate leader and it was her role to appoint a senator to the board that would approve this or not. She choose the most vocal opponent of the deal to sit on the board. I have the privilege to vote against her next time she’s up, and to convince as many neighbors as I can to do the same. Of course, that and $2.50 will get you anywhere you need to go on the subway. But it will feel good to cast that vote.
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Well written piece, by the way, and every word of it is true.
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Which one? I found myself nodding along to the budget director’s statement. | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Exactly.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
As did I. Of course that's why I posted it ...  BTW, the letter is one of the most candid things I have read on a government website. Those New Yorkers don't pull punches!  | |||
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