New York state budget director says lawmakers who opposed Amazon HQ2 were of 'fundamental ignorance'

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“They are like the dog that caught the car. They are now desperately and incredibly trying to explain their actions,' New York state budget director Robert Mujica wrote.

 

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I'm no fan of Amazon personally, but why chase out a thing like that? Liberal business hate..not smart!

he also 'says' scamazon protesters were paid so he's a liar 🤥😞

Pretty sure the city didn't want to set a prescident by cutting taxes and losing out on a huge chunk of income that the city deserves. In the long run that's a crucial prescident to maintain, in the short term your going to have to come to terms with a couple of losses.

Economists don't understand the difference btw slave wages and a living wage. If Bezos was serious he would of offered a decent paying living wage to the community instead of attempting to 'gentrifiy' it.

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