poverty and unemployment driving crime
today is the anniversary of the '67 Detroit riots
if not mistaken, poverty and police brutality were at that heart too
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her thoughts are what is called a Sociologists Slam Dunk
as in so obvious --- yet
here we are 50+ years later --- with the same issues
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So let's get the tiresome RW trope out of the way ---
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Critics in New York also worried the headquarters, planned to be built in a working class area of Queens, would raise rents in the area and push locals into homelessness.
The grassroots coalition that took on Amazon ... and won
Ocasio-Cortez and other critics noted on Friday that this time around, Amazon is moving into Manhattan without any extravagant tax incentives.
“Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway – *without* requiring the public to finance shady deals, helipad handouts for Jeff Bezos, & corporate giveaways”, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Friday in response to Amazon’s move. “Maybe the Trump admin should focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families.”
Amazon’s expansion in New York City comes as part of its plans to “continue to hire and grow organically” across its 18 tech hubs, a spokeswoman told the Guardian by email. The new office will add to the workforce Amazon currently employs of more than 3,500 people in its New York City offices."
= The Guardian
12/6/19
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Would think this would be as obvious as " he is against war"
" admin should focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families.”
because in the end a compromise was reached
sans $3B
