Bernie Sanders introduces 'Stop BEZOS' bill

[Ray From Cleveland]

How is government dictating where they should go? They made an offer, and Foxconn accepts the offer or refuses it. Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything.

So without the offer they would have gone there? If they went there because of the offer, government is dictating where they go. If they would have gone there without an offer then it's a waste of tax dollars.

No, I think you meant to say "without they offer, they "wouldn't" have gone there."

That is correct, they probably wouldn't have.

For instance, Amazon decided to buy a run down, closed down mall over here. They got a nice abatement offer from the city; actually two cities because they took over two vacant malls. In any case, that's really all they had to offer. We border Lake Erie, and the snow here is unbearable sometimes. There are times when everything is closed down because of snow storms. The streets are impassible.

How can we compete with states like Florida, Texas, the Carolinas, and other preferred climates? We can't. So we need to level the playing field.

Tax abatements do that because we can then compete with better climate states; that and we have fresh water over here.

So Amazon took these malls that were generating 0 dollars. They are building state-of-the-art facilities and providing hundreds of jobs. They still pay taxes, just not as much as other places. However, the employees will be paying local and state taxes; new taxes for everybody.

People here are delighted with the decision. The ramifications for other businesses such as packaging companies, restaurants, transportation, hotels, and other businesses benefit as well.

Nobody is forcing (or dictating) where Amazon should build. It's was still their choice.

Your Amazon example is a great reason not to give corporate welfare. First they have billions, they don't need tax dollars. Second it sounds like the location was empty. The market would drastically lower the price of that location the longer it sits empty. I assume you not only gave a handout to Amazon, but also bailed out whoever's bad investment it was? This must have been distribution so there was a limited area Amazon would even consider. They wouldn't put OH distribution in TX now would they?

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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[Brain357]

So without the offer they would have gone there? If they went there because of the offer, government is dictating where they go. If they would have gone there without an offer then it's a waste of tax dollars.

No, I think you meant to say "without they offer, they "wouldn't" have gone there."

That is correct, they probably wouldn't have.

For instance, Amazon decided to buy a run down, closed down mall over here. They got a nice abatement offer from the city; actually two cities because they took over two vacant malls. In any case, that's really all they had to offer. We border Lake Erie, and the snow here is unbearable sometimes. There are times when everything is closed down because of snow storms. The streets are impassible.

How can we compete with states like Florida, Texas, the Carolinas, and other preferred climates? We can't. So we need to level the playing field.

Tax abatements do that because we can then compete with better climate states; that and we have fresh water over here.

So Amazon took these malls that were generating 0 dollars. They are building state-of-the-art facilities and providing hundreds of jobs. They still pay taxes, just not as much as other places. However, the employees will be paying local and state taxes; new taxes for everybody.

People here are delighted with the decision. The ramifications for other businesses such as packaging companies, restaurants, transportation, hotels, and other businesses benefit as well.

Nobody is forcing (or dictating) where Amazon should build. It's was still their choice.

Your Amazon example is a great reason not to give corporate welfare. First they have billions, they don't need tax dollars. Second it sounds like the location was empty. The market would drastically lower the price of that location the longer it sits empty. I assume you not only gave a handout to Amazon, but also bailed out whoever's bad investment it was? This must have been distribution so there was a limited area Amazon would even consider. They wouldn't put OH distribution in TX now would they?

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

 

[dblack]

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.

It's still socialism. It's just at the state level.

 

[basquebromance]

"Liberals should stop attacking Bernie Sanders for targeting Jeff Bezos and Amazon. He's on the right track" - LA Times

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

No, I think you meant to say "without they offer, they "wouldn't" have gone there."

That is correct, they probably wouldn't have.

For instance, Amazon decided to buy a run down, closed down mall over here. They got a nice abatement offer from the city; actually two cities because they took over two vacant malls. In any case, that's really all they had to offer. We border Lake Erie, and the snow here is unbearable sometimes. There are times when everything is closed down because of snow storms. The streets are impassible.

How can we compete with states like Florida, Texas, the Carolinas, and other preferred climates? We can't. So we need to level the playing field.

Tax abatements do that because we can then compete with better climate states; that and we have fresh water over here.

So Amazon took these malls that were generating 0 dollars. They are building state-of-the-art facilities and providing hundreds of jobs. They still pay taxes, just not as much as other places. However, the employees will be paying local and state taxes; new taxes for everybody.

People here are delighted with the decision. The ramifications for other businesses such as packaging companies, restaurants, transportation, hotels, and other businesses benefit as well.

Nobody is forcing (or dictating) where Amazon should build. It's was still their choice.

Your Amazon example is a great reason not to give corporate welfare. First they have billions, they don't need tax dollars. Second it sounds like the location was empty. The market would drastically lower the price of that location the longer it sits empty. I assume you not only gave a handout to Amazon, but also bailed out whoever's bad investment it was? This must have been distribution so there was a limited area Amazon would even consider. They wouldn't put OH distribution in TX now would they?

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

 

[Brain357]

Your Amazon example is a great reason not to give corporate welfare. First they have billions, they don't need tax dollars. Second it sounds like the location was empty. The market would drastically lower the price of that location the longer it sits empty. I assume you not only gave a handout to Amazon, but also bailed out whoever's bad investment it was? This must have been distribution so there was a limited area Amazon would even consider. They wouldn't put OH distribution in TX now would they?

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

 

[Brain357]

Your Amazon example is a great reason not to give corporate welfare. First they have billions, they don't need tax dollars. Second it sounds like the location was empty. The market would drastically lower the price of that location the longer it sits empty. I assume you not only gave a handout to Amazon, but also bailed out whoever's bad investment it was? This must have been distribution so there was a limited area Amazon would even consider. They wouldn't put OH distribution in TX now would they?

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


Sent from my iPad using USMessageBoard.com

Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon ranks nineteenth among Ohio businesses in number of employees on food stamps, behind Walmart, McDonald’s, and Kroger. But Amazon is only the fifty-third-largest employer in Ohio, suggesting a higher rate of employees on food stamps than its counterparts. More important, Amazon has obtained at least $123 million in state tax incentives to place warehouse and data center locations in Ohio. This reflects a perverse form of double-dipping: Amazon gets a bounty to create jobs in Ohio, and then a good chunk of the jobs are so low-paying that workers have to seek federal assistance, providing a second subsidy for the e-commerce giant.


Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

Better than no pay. We no longer have a closed down mall where only rodents lived that generated nothing and decreased property values, it's not a state of the art facility hiring people to be on the ground floor of a growing company.

 

[jc456]

In general, obviously.

What part in regards to the OP?

Considering federal aid and fed govt regulation of some businesses is unconstitutional, it sure doesnt seem like this bill is, does it?

I’m not sure. What part of the constitution? Taxes are constitutional.

OMG lol
I guess its perfectly constitutional to tax all gun grabbers at 100% right?
I guess its perfectly constitutional to tax all persons that dont suck their rep in DCs dick every morning.
Go read the Constitution and get back with me. Maybe then you will understand it.

I didn’t say any of that. Just asking you for specifics. You brought up the constitution. What part of the constitution?

he gave it to you and you ignored it.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

Has Sanders ever taken a math class. If you double the current tax rate on EVERYONE, there would still be not enough funds to pay for nationalized healthcare.

 

[Brain357]

You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

Better than no pay. We no longer have a closed down mall where only rodents lived that generated nothing and decreased property values, it's not a state of the art facility hiring people to be on the ground floor of a growing company.

You have poor paying jobs and a drain on tax payers.

The famously grueling jobs in Amazon warehouses have also created strains on local services. Bloomberg reported in October that emergency responders visit the Amazon warehouse in Licking County at least once a day to attend to an injured worker. Local residents have to fund those forays because Amazon pays no property tax in Licking County under their subsidy deal. Voters approved a $6.5 million property tax levy in November to keep the Fire Department operational.

 

[jc456]

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


Sent from my iPad using USMessageBoard.com

Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon ranks nineteenth among Ohio businesses in number of employees on food stamps, behind Walmart, McDonald’s, and Kroger. But Amazon is only the fifty-third-largest employer in Ohio, suggesting a higher rate of employees on food stamps than its counterparts. More important, Amazon has obtained at least $123 million in state tax incentives to place warehouse and data center locations in Ohio. This reflects a perverse form of double-dipping: Amazon gets a bounty to create jobs in Ohio, and then a good chunk of the jobs are so low-paying that workers have to seek federal assistance, providing a second subsidy for the e-commerce giant.


Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars

thanks obammy is all i can say.

 

[jc456]

No, I think you meant to say "without they offer, they "wouldn't" have gone there."

That is correct, they probably wouldn't have.

For instance, Amazon decided to buy a run down, closed down mall over here. They got a nice abatement offer from the city; actually two cities because they took over two vacant malls. In any case, that's really all they had to offer. We border Lake Erie, and the snow here is unbearable sometimes. There are times when everything is closed down because of snow storms. The streets are impassible.

How can we compete with states like Florida, Texas, the Carolinas, and other preferred climates? We can't. So we need to level the playing field.

Tax abatements do that because we can then compete with better climate states; that and we have fresh water over here.

So Amazon took these malls that were generating 0 dollars. They are building state-of-the-art facilities and providing hundreds of jobs. They still pay taxes, just not as much as other places. However, the employees will be paying local and state taxes; new taxes for everybody.

People here are delighted with the decision. The ramifications for other businesses such as packaging companies, restaurants, transportation, hotels, and other businesses benefit as well.

Nobody is forcing (or dictating) where Amazon should build. It's was still their choice.

Your Amazon example is a great reason not to give corporate welfare. First they have billions, they don't need tax dollars. Second it sounds like the location was empty. The market would drastically lower the price of that location the longer it sits empty. I assume you not only gave a handout to Amazon, but also bailed out whoever's bad investment it was? This must have been distribution so there was a limited area Amazon would even consider. They wouldn't put OH distribution in TX now would they?

Actually it was the largest mall in the entire country when it was built. People would come from every state in the union for the experience. Of course this was back in the 70s when I was a teen.

Yes, the longer you leave it sit there, the lower the value which means the lower the tax revenue. That’s why it’s important to give it to somebody before it becomes worthless.

It’s not a matter if Amazon needs the break or not, it’s a matter if we need them to build here or not. We need them much more than they need us. So you make the best offer you can to attract them.


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You are a good socialist.

As the value goes down a company will move in without being a moocher. The market works. You are wasting tax dollars.

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

so leftist cliche.

 

[Brain357]

Economic development incentives don’t create jobs as much as they shift them around, pitting communities against one another for who can pony up the most corporate welfare. Companies rely on desperation in these communities, knowing they can win valuable incentives just by dangling a few low-wage jobs. But why aren’t they demanding that companies, in exchange for job-creation tax incentives, pay those new workers a livable wage?


Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars

 

[Brain357]

Repubs used to be capitalists who cared about the tax payers. Now your all just corporatists.

 

[Wyatt earp]

why should the taxpayers have to subsidize amazon workers when fucking Jeff Bezon is worth 150 billion dollars. hey asshole, you can subsidize your workers on your own!

Exactly quit giving welfare to people that have jobs...



.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

How are you wasting tax dollars when there is a net gain? You are missing an opportunity for new tax dollars if you do nothing.

It’s not Socialism because the founders structured the country so that a state can do whatever the like providing it’s not in violation of the US Constitution. Just like the Massholes have state healthcare and Colorado has legalized pot. It’s their state and their money.


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Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

Better than no pay. We no longer have a closed down mall where only rodents lived that generated nothing and decreased property values, it's not a state of the art facility hiring people to be on the ground floor of a growing company.

You have poor paying jobs and a drain on tax payers.

The famously grueling jobs in Amazon warehouses have also created strains on local services. Bloomberg reported in October that emergency responders visit the Amazon warehouse in Licking County at least once a day to attend to an injured worker. Local residents have to fund those forays because Amazon pays no property tax in Licking County under their subsidy deal. Voters approved a $6.5 million property tax levy in November to keep the Fire Department operational.

"We’re hiring for fulfillment associate roles where employees will pick, pack and ship customer orders. We also have opportunities for operations leaders, HR managers, IT experts, engineers, financial analysts and more. Once we start hiring early next year, interested candidates can apply at www.amazondelivers.jobs. Full-time employees at Amazon receive highly competitive pay, health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock starting on day one. The company also offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their growing families."

In a village of around 1,100 residents, North Randall Mayor David Smith said there were some who didn’t believe Amazon would set up shop on the site of a former Randall Park Mall.

“We were told ‘stop, it’ll never happen,” but adversity builds character,” said Smith.

Amazon announced it’s bringing 2,000 jobs to the village, nearly double the size of its population.

While there’s no set date announced on when the 855,000-square-foot building will open, Mayor Smith said he’s beyond excited about what the move means.

“We don’t have to worry about being in fiscal emergency anymore. That’s sustainable income for the next 20-years plus.”

Amazon hiring for 2,000 jobs at new fulfillment center in North Randall

Yeah, they sure sound like a bunch of slave drivers, don't they? Healthcare benefits, education, paid family leave, just sickening I tell ya.

 

[Brain357]

Government is heavily influencing corporate decisions, socialism. Government picking winners and losers.

There is no net gain. States lose on most of these deals, WI won’t break even for 25 years! Foxconn will likely be gone before then.

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

Better than no pay. We no longer have a closed down mall where only rodents lived that generated nothing and decreased property values, it's not a state of the art facility hiring people to be on the ground floor of a growing company.

You have poor paying jobs and a drain on tax payers.

The famously grueling jobs in Amazon warehouses have also created strains on local services. Bloomberg reported in October that emergency responders visit the Amazon warehouse in Licking County at least once a day to attend to an injured worker. Local residents have to fund those forays because Amazon pays no property tax in Licking County under their subsidy deal. Voters approved a $6.5 million property tax levy in November to keep the Fire Department operational.

"We’re hiring for fulfillment associate roles where employees will pick, pack and ship customer orders. We also have opportunities for operations leaders, HR managers, IT experts, engineers, financial analysts and more. Once we start hiring early next year, interested candidates can apply at www.amazondelivers.jobs. Full-time employees at Amazon receive highly competitive pay, health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock starting on day one. The company also offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their growing families."

In a village of around 1,100 residents, North Randall Mayor David Smith said there were some who didn’t believe Amazon would set up shop on the site of a former Randall Park Mall.

“We were told ‘stop, it’ll never happen,” but adversity builds character,” said Smith.

Amazon announced it’s bringing 2,000 jobs to the village, nearly double the size of its population.

While there’s no set date announced on when the 855,000-square-foot building will open, Mayor Smith said he’s beyond excited about what the move means.

“We don’t have to worry about being in fiscal emergency anymore. That’s sustainable income for the next 20-years plus.”

Amazon hiring for 2,000 jobs at new fulfillment center in North Randall

Yeah, they sure sound like a bunch of slave drivers, don't they? Healthcare benefits, education, paid family leave, just sickening I tell ya.

Nothing about wages there. They pay very little. I know people who have worked at them, unpleasant.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Well I have a feeling Amazon will be with us for a long time, and who knows, maybe expand.

But we got them and you didn't because we gave out tax abatements.

Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

Better than no pay. We no longer have a closed down mall where only rodents lived that generated nothing and decreased property values, it's not a state of the art facility hiring people to be on the ground floor of a growing company.

You have poor paying jobs and a drain on tax payers.

The famously grueling jobs in Amazon warehouses have also created strains on local services. Bloomberg reported in October that emergency responders visit the Amazon warehouse in Licking County at least once a day to attend to an injured worker. Local residents have to fund those forays because Amazon pays no property tax in Licking County under their subsidy deal. Voters approved a $6.5 million property tax levy in November to keep the Fire Department operational.

"We’re hiring for fulfillment associate roles where employees will pick, pack and ship customer orders. We also have opportunities for operations leaders, HR managers, IT experts, engineers, financial analysts and more. Once we start hiring early next year, interested candidates can apply at www.amazondelivers.jobs. Full-time employees at Amazon receive highly competitive pay, health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock starting on day one. The company also offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their growing families."

In a village of around 1,100 residents, North Randall Mayor David Smith said there were some who didn’t believe Amazon would set up shop on the site of a former Randall Park Mall.

“We were told ‘stop, it’ll never happen,” but adversity builds character,” said Smith.

Amazon announced it’s bringing 2,000 jobs to the village, nearly double the size of its population.

While there’s no set date announced on when the 855,000-square-foot building will open, Mayor Smith said he’s beyond excited about what the move means.

“We don’t have to worry about being in fiscal emergency anymore. That’s sustainable income for the next 20-years plus.”

Amazon hiring for 2,000 jobs at new fulfillment center in North Randall

Yeah, they sure sound like a bunch of slave drivers, don't they? Healthcare benefits, education, paid family leave, just sickening I tell ya.

Nothing about wages there. They pay very little. I know people who have worked at them, unpleasant.

Nothing about wages because you didn't go to the link. That's besides the fact very few jobs have great benefits and great wages. Amazon seems to be focusing on benefits more than wages. Retirement plans, disability insurance, company stock. I mean come on, how many companies offer those kind of perks these days?

 

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Amazon wins, tax payers lose. Amazon pay not good.

Better than no pay. We no longer have a closed down mall where only rodents lived that generated nothing and decreased property values, it's not a state of the art facility hiring people to be on the ground floor of a growing company.

You have poor paying jobs and a drain on tax payers.

The famously grueling jobs in Amazon warehouses have also created strains on local services. Bloomberg reported in October that emergency responders visit the Amazon warehouse in Licking County at least once a day to attend to an injured worker. Local residents have to fund those forays because Amazon pays no property tax in Licking County under their subsidy deal. Voters approved a $6.5 million property tax levy in November to keep the Fire Department operational.

"We’re hiring for fulfillment associate roles where employees will pick, pack and ship customer orders. We also have opportunities for operations leaders, HR managers, IT experts, engineers, financial analysts and more. Once we start hiring early next year, interested candidates can apply at www.amazondelivers.jobs. Full-time employees at Amazon receive highly competitive pay, health insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company stock starting on day one. The company also offers up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their growing families."

In a village of around 1,100 residents, North Randall Mayor David Smith said there were some who didn’t believe Amazon would set up shop on the site of a former Randall Park Mall.

“We were told ‘stop, it’ll never happen,” but adversity builds character,” said Smith.

Amazon announced it’s bringing 2,000 jobs to the village, nearly double the size of its population.

While there’s no set date announced on when the 855,000-square-foot building will open, Mayor Smith said he’s beyond excited about what the move means.

“We don’t have to worry about being in fiscal emergency anymore. That’s sustainable income for the next 20-years plus.”

Amazon hiring for 2,000 jobs at new fulfillment center in North Randall

Yeah, they sure sound like a bunch of slave drivers, don't they? Healthcare benefits, education, paid family leave, just sickening I tell ya.

Nothing about wages there. They pay very little. I know people who have worked at them, unpleasant.

Nothing about wages because you didn't go to the link. That's besides the fact very few jobs have great benefits and great wages. Amazon seems to be focusing on benefits more than wages. Retirement plans, disability insurance, company stock. I mean come on, how many companies offer those kind of perks these days?

Any good company offers that.