Alexandria Vs. Goliath? Ocasio-Cortez Calls Amazon Move To NYC Area 'Extremely Concerning'

[TexasTowelie]

No one can accuse Yorktown High School graduate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of not sticking her neck out, or taking the road less traveled.

The newly elected congresswoman, the youngest ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, said she opposes the state and New York City tax breaks being handed over to Amazon for creating a secondary headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.

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She was not alone in her criticism of the Amazon headquarters' deal. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson blasted the multi-billion taxpayer giveaway as being secretive and "fundamentally wrong."

Ocasio-Cortez, a political rock star who will now be a part of the new Democratic House majority, was not shy about expressing her concerns about the Amazon deal lauded by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and MYC Mayor Bill de Blasio during a Tuesday, Nov. 13 news conference.

Read more: https://yonkers.dailyvoice.com/politics/alexandria-vs-goliath-ocasio-cortez-calls-amazon-move-to-nyc-area-extremely-concerning/744546/

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1. Thank you young lady for saying how most of us feel.

The rich corporations like amazon can and should pay their way.

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2. There are plenty of small cities who would live to have them

Places where a 30,000 dollar a year job is a lot closer to a living wage than it is in New York or in Northern Virginia

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3. do these small towns have $3 BILLION worth of corporate welfare for Bezos? nt

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4. I was not talking small towns

Cities like Buffalo, syracuse, Rochester where the cost of living makes the 15 dollar an hour that many of these jobs will pay much closer to a living wage than in the city.