What a moron.

In the same interview, AOC was asked about a recent poll which showed a majority of respondents in her own district supported the Amazon deal and the 25,000 jobs it was supposed to bring. She replied, “Where does that 25,000 number come from?” She added, “Everyone always cites this number and it is almost completely unsubstantiated and it almost feels like it only comes from Amazon.”

Where else would it come from? I mean, Amazon made a deal to create a new corporate headquarters in New York (and Virginia). Isn’t it up to Amazon to determine how many people will be involved in that? And if so, how can anyone else really determine how many jobs will be involved?

In any case, podcast host Michael Isikoff made the obvious point: “So what if it was only 15,000 jobs?”

“Even then, my opposition was less and is less about something personal with Amazon, and it’s more about the structure of the deal,” AOC said. She continued, “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, this thing pays for itself.’ First of all—revenue neutral—I don’t know if revenue neutral is the goal that we need right now. Secondly, 25,000 jobs at $150,000 is what was promised. Does that sound, like, realistic? Does that sound like something that’s going to happen…”

First, the idea wasn’t that the deal was revenue neutral but that the tax breaks would pay for themselves because of all the additional tax revenue the company would bring to the city. Second, Amazon has 613,300 workers worldwide with most of those (more than half a million) in the U.S. Amazon has doubled its staff in the past two years. So, yes, it seems very, like, realistic that Amazon could have added 25,000 high paying jobs in New York at a site they were touting as HQ2, i.e. their second headquarters. It really is unfortunate for New Yorkers that they elected this ignorant person to represent them, someone who doesn’t seem to know anything about the company she’s badmouthing.
[Post edited by JMHoo at 04/15/2019 11:28PM]