I'm really baffled by NYers lack of ability to see the big picture or understand how "giving up" something can actually get them a lot more? According to AOC NY contains the brightest and most talented people in the nation.
Some of the most common sayings I've heard in my life are :
-Sometimes you've got to give a little to get a little
-You get back what you put out
-Give freely to others, because it will always come back to you
-Do unto others as you would have them do to you
All of these sayings have been great reminders of how to live life, and they've turned out to be dead on almost every time I've practiced them.
The area I live is made up of a lot of smaller cities that are on the outskirts of the biggest city. For some reason though, when people in those cities talk about where they're from when asked, they always refer to the "big" city. It's stupid, because the "big" city has progressively gotten worse. All of the great stuff is happening in the cities/towns on the outskirts.
Prime example as it relates to this issue wit NY and Amazon. A small city (just over 17K est. 2017) here that had an old small business district that stretched 1/2 mile had become obsolete, and the neighboring town started attracting all of the new business/housing development. The newer town exploded and looks nothing like it did just 20 years ago. The older city had a shitload of undeveloped land, and farm land no longer being farmed. They gave an enormous tax break to a huge company to come there. Everyone (even the big city) got riled up about it, and said how stupid it was...the residents will suffer....the city will go broke. Within a year of that business being up and running very nice homes started being built.....oddly enough those homes popped up along the street(which used to be a gravel road) that lead directly to where you make a left turn into that company's gigantic employee parking lot.
Another few years go by, and the city does the same thing for another very large corporation. There's a number of upset people people again, but now people are pointing to what happened as a result from the first company. Deal gets done. More very nice homes are built...in fact multiple neighborhoods... were talking homes 2500-4000 sq feet avgerage. Fast forward to now, and that old business district that was abandoned was bulldozed. An entirely new business district is about 1/3 complete with a lake, high end condos, and a whole new multi level business complex (it was single level before) and the space is accounted for as or before it's being built. Old townhome apartments that were run down and rented for for around $650 by white trash with crap all over the property, have been renovated into luxury townhomes renting for over $1200 and the property is well-maintained and looks great. When the project is complete in 2-3 years it is going to look like entirely different place....it already does there's just a lot of steel still showing. The population has doubled since the 90's, the budget is balanced, new homes are still going up, parks have been updated, a huge recreation area with lake and paved walking trails was made, and the population will likely double again in 5 years.
So are tax breaks for corps worth it? From what I've seen with my own eyes, the answer is a HELL YEAH!
