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  • Amazon ain't comming to New York

    From Swolf154@VERT/HAVENS to All on Sun Feb 24 04:09:29 2019
    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how important the "little people" can be. Don't ever think your vote doesn't matter cause it Does!

    Steve

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Swolf154 on Sat Feb 23 23:02:57 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Swolf154 to All on Sun Feb 24 2019 04:09 am

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how important the "little people" can be. Don't ever think your vote doesn't matter cause it Does!


    yeah, the little people can really fuck things up.
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  • From Dmxrob@VERT/STLWEST to Swolf154 on Sun Feb 24 08:45:12 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Swolf154 to All on Sun Feb 24 2019 04:09 am

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how important the "little people" can be. Don't ever think your vote doesn't matter cause it Does!

    All they are looking for is corporate welfare.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dmxrob on Sun Feb 24 16:51:19 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Dmxrob to Swolf154 on Sun Feb 24 2019 08:45 am

    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Swolf154 to All on Sun Feb 24 2019 04:09 am

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how important the "little people" can be. Don't ever think your vote doesn't matter cause it Does!

    All they are looking for is corporate welfare.


    it's benefitial to both parties. new york would have got 10x back.
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  • From Heliarc@VERT/HAVENS to MRO on Mon Feb 25 14:50:55 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: MRO to Dmxrob on Sun Feb 24 2019 04:51 pm

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how

    All they are looking for is corporate welfare.

    it's benefitial to both parties. new york would have got 10x back.

    I don't know. The whole thing was "suspicious" from the get go. It was a shady deal made by the Govenor under the table. He never even asked if the people of New York wanted Amazon to move in. Then Amazon just canceled the whole thing without discussion. Shady stuff.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Heliarc on Mon Feb 25 15:11:05 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Heliarc to MRO on Mon Feb 25 2019 02:50 pm

    people of New York wanted Amazon to move in. Then Amazon just canceled the whole thing without discussion. Shady stuff.

    Well, they knew they didn't have approval of the mayor of the town they were planning on moving into, and that he was appointed to a state planning commission that would have veto power over the build.

    If I were Amazon, I would have tried throwing some concessions out there, or letting the planning commission veto it and have them explain the loss of potential jobs. Must have been something that Amazon didn't want uncovered to walk away like that.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Heliarc on Mon Feb 25 22:26:13 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Heliarc to MRO on Mon Feb 25 2019 02:50 pm

    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: MRO to Dmxrob on Sun Feb 24 2019 04:51 pm

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how

    All they are looking for is corporate welfare.

    it's benefitial to both parties. new york would have got 10x back.

    I don't know. The whole thing was "suspicious" from the get go. It was a shady deal made by the Govenor under the table. He never even asked if the people of New York wanted Amazon to move in. Then Amazon just canceled the whole thing without discussion. Shady stuff.



    i dont think it was under the table. pretty sure it was transparent and amazon had to meet certain requirements. amazon didnt like what a hassle it would be so they pulled out. they had a right.
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  • From Heliarc@VERT/HAVENS to MRO on Tue Feb 26 13:24:19 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: MRO to Heliarc on Mon Feb 25 2019 10:26 pm

    i dont think it was under the table. pretty sure it was transparent and amazon had to meet certain requirements. amazon didnt like what a hassle it would be so they pulled out. they had a right.

    The bottom line is Amazon not coming to NY. What bothered me the most was how the people claimed the jobs Amazon offered were not worth having. Back in my day I would have "killed" to have a job with Amazon. It was the 70's. Min wage was $2.80 and hour and there were NO jobs. I hate NY! I hate New Yorkers! It shames me to be a New Yorker!

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  • From Dan Clough@VERT/PALANT to MRO on Tue Feb 26 07:41:00 2019
    MRO wrote to Heliarc <=-

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how

    All they are looking for is corporate welfare.

    it's benefitial to both parties. new york would have got 10x back.

    I don't know. The whole thing was "suspicious" from the get go. It was a shady deal made by the Govenor under the table. He never even asked if the people of New York wanted Amazon to move in. Then Amazon just canceled the whole thing without discussion. Shady stuff.

    i dont think it was under the table. pretty sure it was
    transparent and amazon had to meet certain requirements. amazon
    didnt like what a hassle it would be so they pulled out. they had
    a right. ---

    Most likely it was the tax burden they would have had to bear, put on
    them by the kommie-wannabes there in NY.


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  • From Warp 4@VERT/OTHETAX to Swolf154 on Mon Feb 25 05:49:37 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Swolf154 to All on Sun Feb 24 2019 04:09 am

    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how important the "little people" can be. Don't ever think your vote doesn't matter cause it Does!

    Steve


    From what I understand, it was the environmentalists that did not want them there, so Amazon just said "F you" and looked elsewhere.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Heliarc on Tue Feb 26 22:26:15 2019
    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: Heliarc to MRO on Tue Feb 26 2019 01:24 pm

    Re: Amazon ain't comming to New York
    By: MRO to Heliarc on Mon Feb 25 2019 10:26 pm

    i dont think it was under the table. pretty sure it was transparent and amazon had to meet certain requirements. amazon didnt like what a hassle it would be so they pulled out. they had a right.

    The bottom line is Amazon not coming to NY. What bothered me the most was how the people claimed the jobs Amazon offered were not worth having. Back in my day I would have "killed" to have a job with Amazon. It was the 70's. Min wage was $2.80 and hour and there were NO jobs. I hate NY! I hate New Yorkers! It shames me to be a New Yorker!


    i remember when the economy took a shit and i was laid off of a contracting
    job and i could not get a fucking job to save my life. same with my girlfriend.
    it was like i had the stink of the loser. there were so many displaced workers that places were hiring engineers for technician jobs and paying them garbage. these businesses had their pick of the best.


    around me amazon employs workers who need a job real fast with no questions asked. i tried to get a side job with them during the summer but they scheduled me for hours i told them i couldnt do. everything was automated and they didnt give one shit about my resume or even want to look at it.


    everyone needs a job and places like walmart and amazon give people with low skill lvls a place to be productive.
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  • From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to SWOLF154 on Fri Mar 1 09:56:00 2019
    So Amazon just ran out on New York. It goes to show you how important the "little people" can be. Don't ever think your vote doesn't matter cause it Does!
    One of the positives, is it helps keep Long Island Purple.

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  • From ROBERT WOLFE@VERT/OTHETA to MATTHEW MUNSON on Mon Mar 4 01:38:00 2019
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    Hey! That's the ticket! :)

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