Posted on 12/07/2019 4:11:34 AM PST by Libloather
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was slammed on Friday night over what critics say is a "misleading" tweet touting a new report about Amazon bringing jobs to New York City.
Last summer, Ocasio-Cortez waged war against Amazon after the retail giant struck a deal with the state of New York to open a second headquarters in New York City, which would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, in exchange for $3 billion in state and local subsidies. Ultimately, Amazon backed out of the deal.
However, it was reported Friday that Amazon was leasing a 335,000-square-foot office space in Manhattan that is set to bring more than 1,500 jobs into the city.
Ocasio-Cortez celebrated the news on Twitter.
"Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway - *without* requiring the public to finance shady deals, helipad handouts for Jeff Bezos, & corporate giveaways," Ocasio-Cortez said. "Maybe the Trump admin should focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families."
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She doesn't know how to create one job but I hear she makes a mean White Russian.
“””However, it was reported Friday that Amazon was leasing a 335,000-square-foot office space in Manhattan that is set to bring more than 1,500 jobs into the city. “””””
So 1500 clerical jobs will be brought into one of the most crowded cities in the country. Well done.
I hope she goes away.
I know it’s fun to see her make a public idiot of herself on behalf of the Democratic party.
But she’s involved in making decisions that impact our lives.
Enough “you go, girl” cr*p. Let’s elect competent people, shall we?
That's racist..
“Let’s elect competent people, shall we?”
How often does that happen??
I wonder how much the bribe to get those 1500 jobs will cost NYS’s remaining taxpayers...
The NY Daily News is reporting that none of the earlier bribes...er, incentives have been given to Amazon to get the jobs. But the verbiage reads like a non-denial denial to me. Might be something worth looking into just to see if any quid pro quo was offered to Amazon.
So, instead of 25,000 jobs, only 1,500 jobs are going to NYC.
Also, I would agree on principle that politicians should not offer financial incentives to any business to relocate into their jurisdiction. The fact that they do so reflects that they maintain business-unfriendly policies, which they rescind to create incentives for certain businesses. The correct remedy to this is to overturn the business-killing taxes and regulations so as to make the area more attractive to all businesses, not just the ones who promise kick-backs to the politicians.
Of course, AOC is too dim to figure that out. Her motivation was purely anti-business and anti-jobs. The reason she opposed Amazon’s move into NYC was that Amazon was going to offer very nice wages, which would somehow be unfair to other New Yorkers who would not be receiving such nice wages. It had nothing to do with what she is now claiming.
How could she ever go away when she is the leader of the party and the most popular and bringing in more money than Pelosi and no Dem will dare run against her?
The last thing I want is “ competent” Democrats in office.
...meanwhile....Amazon is building a warehouse in Upstate NY...
Nowhere near often enough. But we hit the jackpot with President Trump.
AOC and her self gratifying attitude is an example of lack of academic prowess of the DEMs.
AOC likes Food Stamps more than Jobs
She will NOT be re-elected.. but someone like CNN or MSNBC will hire her after she loses her re-election bid.
She's nothing more than a "Ditzy Dumba$$" who helps pedal the LIBERAL LEFT"S BULL$HIT!
When it comes to CNN or MSNBC there's ALWAYS room for one more of those... ask Al Sharpton.
From what I’ve heard, HER LEFTNESS’s Amazon jobs could give Chinese Factories a run for their money as being classified as slave labor
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