CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 19, 2019
THIS IS HOW CRAZY THE LEFT HAS BECOME. ONCE CONCERNED WITH CREATING GOOD JOBS, THEY ARE NOW MORE CONCERNED WITH MAKING THEMSELVES FEEL GOOD.
I GIVE YOU AMAZON AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. THE ENORMOUS COMPANY WAS GOING TO OPEN A SECOND HEADQUARTERS IN QUEENS, BUT PULLED OUT OF A DEAL WITH THE STATE AND CITY AFTER IT WAS CRITICIZED FOR ACCEPTING TAX SUBSIDIES. A COMPANY STATEMENT SAID, “A NUMBER OF STATE AND LOCAL POLITICIANS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY OPPOSE OUR PRESENCE AND WILL NOT WORK WITH US TO BUILD THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GO FORWARD.”
ONE OF THOSE POLITICIANS IS THE EVER-PRESENT AND NEVER SILENT CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ. HER BAD-MOUTHING OF THE DEAL, ALONG WITH OTHERS, AND COST THE CITY 25,000 JOBS AND A LARGE INFLUX OF TAX DOLLARS THAT WOULD HAVE MORE THAN MADE UP FOR THE INITIAL CONCESSIONS OFFFERED TO THE COMPANY. ECONOMICS ARE NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT, BUT THESE LEFTIST-SOCIALISTS PREFER THEIR FAILED IDEOLOGY TO SOMETHING THAT WORKS. THE POLITICIANS ARE SAFE IN THEIR JOBS. THE 25,000 PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN HIRED ARE NOT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
