After all what is $3 billion in TAX BREAKS when they were going to produce 25,000 NEW GOOD PAYING JOBS, with all the tax revenue and assorted peripheral jobs accompanied to that move.....NY, A town full of and run by idiots!
Amazon said Thursday it will not move forward with plans to build a headquarters in New York after rising opposition from local politicians.
The company said it will not reopen the search process "at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ..
Proper vales had JUMPED bease oF Amazon coming, as oF today the vales are 6% lower then before the original announcement...New Yorkers ...got to lover the leftist mentality!.
Were they going to be good paying jobs? I don't believe that.
And why don't they go to Kansas or Arkansas or Georgia? Somewhere rural. Somewhere that needs the jobs. NY doesn't need the jobs.
We can't fall for this tactic. You are falling for it. Give us tax breaks or we will leave? Then leave! You got to pay taxes if you live in a good location like NY, Michigan, Chicago, California. If you want to pay no taxes go to a red state. They will welcome those "good" paying jobs. Hell they don't even have to be good.
Jeff Bezos dangled this incredible carrot in front of many cities around the US and then snatched it away. The influx of jobs and revenue would have permanently altered the economic landscape for those regions – for the better. Even in a mid-sized city like Tulsa, Oklahoma the impact would have been considerable.
Go to Oklahoma Jeff. You won't. And why is that? Because you'd prefer to be in NYC bitch!
In MO or Kansas their starting pay is over 22 bucks an hour.
Seems pretty good.
I say companies that pay their employees well should get tax breaks.
Besides writing off 100% of the expense, what did you have in mind?