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| Topic | AOC on Amazon jobs: A job that leaves you homeless and on food stamps is a scam. |
| Balrog0 12/19/20 2:24:48 PM #41: | Intro2Logic posted... Just ask Wisconsin how the Foxconn deal is going That's an easy case, but even seemingly successful deals aren't what they're cracked up to be. To illustrate the point, let's say Amazon creates 1,000 jobs now instead of 25,000 with the tax deal. It's not necessarily true you want the latter even if you get all those jobs. For one thing, the world doesn't stop because Amazon decided not to create hq2. A certain number of jobs will be created regardless, the economy doesn't resolve around Amazon. For another, you can use those tax dollars on other things that might create more jobs per dollar. It's also a question of where the people who fill the jobs come from; in a place like NYC, plenty of people might commute from out of state, so your tax dollars are benefiting other localities and states (while putting pressure on your infrastructure). It's not always straightforward like that --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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