It's a loss of jobs. They might not have been filled yet, but they were coming. Amazon wasn't planning to open an empty building.
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Replying to @danprimack @kimmaicutler and
The jobs were likely not coming to people from those neighborhoods, which was the point of those who objected. Jobs for people who already have, or would have, high-paying jobs isn’t really that compelling.
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Replying to @anildash @kimmaicutler and
1/ neither of us know that cuz Amazon didn't disclose the positions it wanted to put there. 2/ Any giant facility has the need for lots of more "blue collar" jobs. 3/ Indirect businesses (food, hospitality, transport, retail). 4/ Objection was over tax breaks. Not job types.
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Replying to @danprimack @kimmaicutler and
Right, so my assumption is if Amazon won’t share its plan, and threatens those who try to share its plan, then the plan is almost certainly not one that will help people.
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Replying to @danprimack @kimmaicutler and
I’m not concerned with second-order effects of a theoretical plan which no one has ever seen. And yes, tax subsidy was the galvanizing story, though not the one I’m most concerned with.
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Replying to @anildash @kimmaicutler and
Then you're ignoring it out of convenience. My argument isn't that it was an amazing deal. It's that some critics would rather burn it down than make it work better. Counterproductive. but, as i wrote this morning, amazon is acting petty.
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Replying to @danprimack @kimmaicutler and
There was no chance to make it work better. You’re attacking those who *want* a process to make it better, and presenting as victims those who prevented any discussion from happening.
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Replying to @anildash @kimmaicutler and
Who am I presenting as victims, save for those who might have gotten jobs there?
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