Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez
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mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
Where are they going? Their jobs and livelihood are most likely in that surrounding area. Now they get forced out. It's a form of gentrification.
The jobs aspect and taxes I can understand but that wasn't representing HER constituents so she did what the people she works for wanted.
I wanted it here for jobs and such. It would suck though to be anywhere near LIC after it would be built. That place is a nightmare now so I can only imagine what it would be like after HQ2?0 -
Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.0 -
mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
Where are they going? Their jobs and livelihood are most likely in that surrounding area. Now they get forced out. It's a form of gentrification.
The jobs aspect and taxes I can understand but that wasn't representing HER constituents so she did what the people she works for wanted.
I wanted it here for jobs and such. It would suck though to be anywhere near LIC after it would be built. That place is a nightmare now so I can only imagine what it would be like after HQ2?0 -
mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
Oh, and I was mistaken, their turnover isn't 200%, its 150%. My bad.Amazon is currently the second-largest private employer in the U.S., and it could become the largest in a few years. But a new investigation by the New York Times raises significant questions about the company’s management of warehouse workers and discovers an unusually high rate of turnover among its hourly associates — around 150% a year, even before the pandemic, which means the company was losing around 3% of its warehouse workers each week (nearly double the rate of similar businesses).
“There’s an open question now — because the turnover is so high, and Amazon’s needs for growth and employment is so large — about whether or not it’s sustainable,” said New York Times technology reporter Karen Weise, who reported the story along with Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the Times.
“In conversations with current and former executives and leaders in Seattle, there is a palpable fear that Amazon will not have enough workers to be able to serve the customer demands that it foresees,” Weise said.
Part of what was so interesting, Kantor told “Marketplace Morning Report” host David Brancaccio, was that Amazon has long seen high turnover as a good thing — and has deliberately encouraged it through various internal policies.
“Bezos really wanted turnover. He was afraid of a stagnant workforce — what he would call a ‘march to mediocrity,’ ” Kantor said.
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Investigation into Amazon raises questions about workforce turnover, HR errors - Marketplace
But think about this:
Weise: Exactly, it’s the equivalent of having to replace the entire workforce every eight months. And so it creates these incredible pressures and demands to constantly be scooping up new people and putting them through the system. And the hiring is completely automated, essentially. You don’t do an interview, you take an online assessment and you show up for work, basically — besides a drug test and some basic forms.
And add that black workers at the JFK8 facility were twice as likely as their white counterparts to be terminated.
Yea, AOC is a fool.
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1. Their attrition rate is irrelevant to this conversation. People attrite for a million different reasons. Check the attrition rate of a call center, it's higher than 150%.
2. I read that NYT article when it came out. It's full of anecdotes. Big fucking deal. I deal with data in my world, not anecdotes.
3. Why is it bad that it's about one person? Do you think Jeff Bezos notices what happens in his corporate tax bill? They just moved on to NOVA. Wow, what a victory for AOC. She really showed them. Or should I say "him".. since it's about Jeff Bezos, not the hundreds of thousands of employees and potential employees. Demagoguery.0 -
mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
I'm seriously interested in this aspect of the impact on Northern Virginia or the state as a whole. Have a budget surplus? Seen reductions in childhood poverty, increases in education attainment or any other positive societal outcome of the net positive tax revenue?09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
I'm seriously interested in this aspect of the impact on Northern Virginia or the state as a whole. Have a budget surplus? Seen reductions in childhood poverty, increases in education attainment or any other positive societal outcome of the net positive tax revenue?
Virginia has a budget surplus, btw. 2.6billion at the end of this year. And we have some of the best public education in the country. And our secondary education is second to none. UVA and W&M are both public schools and some of the best in the country.0 -
mrussel1 said:1. Their attrition rate is irrelevant to this conversation. People attrite for a million different reasons. Check the attrition rate of a call center, it's higher than 150%.
2. I read that NYT article when it came out. It's full of anecdotes. Big fucking deal. I deal with data in my world, not anecdotes.
3. Why is it bad that it's about one person? Do you think Jeff Bezos notices what happens in his corporate tax bill? They just moved on to NOVA. Wow, what a victory for AOC. She really showed them. Or should I say "him".. since it's about Jeff Bezos, not the hundreds of thousands of employees and potential employees. Demagoguery.Aug 17, 2021 — According to Quality Assurance and Training Connection, turnover in the call center industry averages 30% and 45%. When you lose a call center ...
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2. See above
3. AOC's victory was for her constituents. In her district. As I said, fuck Bezos.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
I'm seriously interested in this aspect of the impact on Northern Virginia or the state as a whole. Have a budget surplus? Seen reductions in childhood poverty, increases in education attainment or any other positive societal outcome of the net positive tax revenue?
Virginia has a budget surplus, btw. 2.6billion at the end of this year. And we have some of the best public education in the country. And our secondary education is second to none. UVA and W&M are both public schools and some of the best in the country.
Thanks for the Virginia information. But I'm sure the state's proximity to DC plays a roll, yes? Defense contracting, government, etc., college educated folks in decent paying jobs, demographics. That said, lets see what the impact of Amazon is on the Syracuse area, where a warehouse recently opened. Or wherever it was where they had the recent, failed union drive.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:1. Their attrition rate is irrelevant to this conversation. People attrite for a million different reasons. Check the attrition rate of a call center, it's higher than 150%.
2. I read that NYT article when it came out. It's full of anecdotes. Big fucking deal. I deal with data in my world, not anecdotes.
3. Why is it bad that it's about one person? Do you think Jeff Bezos notices what happens in his corporate tax bill? They just moved on to NOVA. Wow, what a victory for AOC. She really showed them. Or should I say "him".. since it's about Jeff Bezos, not the hundreds of thousands of employees and potential employees. Demagoguery.Aug 17, 2021 — According to Quality Assurance and Training Connection, turnover in the call center industry averages 30% and 45%. When you lose a call center ...
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2. See above
3. AOC's victory was for her constituents. In her district. As I said, fuck Bezos.
Regardless, you seem to think that attrition means involuntary, based on your comment about being replaced every 8 months. My guess is that vast, vast majority of these are not terminations, but voluntary. Replacing even 50% of your workforce through terminations every year would be insane, simply because of the unemployment claims you would have to manage. Do you have a number that delineates voluntary vs terms?
Last, I appreciate your distaste for Bezos and belief that making economic decisions for the whole of an area based on that personal distaste. BTW, the HQ wasn't even in her district so it wasn't about "her" constituents". But just a question, is it fair to say that you don't have an Amazon account and have never ordered from Amazon?0 -
Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
I'm seriously interested in this aspect of the impact on Northern Virginia or the state as a whole. Have a budget surplus? Seen reductions in childhood poverty, increases in education attainment or any other positive societal outcome of the net positive tax revenue?0 -
tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
I'm seriously interested in this aspect of the impact on Northern Virginia or the state as a whole. Have a budget surplus? Seen reductions in childhood poverty, increases in education attainment or any other positive societal outcome of the net positive tax revenue?0 -
mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
Where are they going? Their jobs and livelihood are most likely in that surrounding area. Now they get forced out. It's a form of gentrification.
The jobs aspect and taxes I can understand but that wasn't representing HER constituents so she did what the people she works for wanted.
I wanted it here for jobs and such. It would suck though to be anywhere near LIC after it would be built. That place is a nightmare now so I can only imagine what it would be like after HQ2?
2-Yes it does.
3-The area isn't a slum. It is opposite of that. LIC is one of the fastest up and coming cities in the US which is why Amazon chose the area.
4-The building oh HQ2 would only hurt her constituents. You keep missing that part where she works for them and they are the ones whom get impacted. Not the new people flush w money who can afford to live there.
Property values literally tripled and quadrupled over night.
Now I am just defending AOC's side of it. I personally think it should have been built and let progress prevail.0 -
mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
As a rule? C'mon, man. No, they're against giving ginormous tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest individuals so his 200% employee turn over company can come in and displace folks with meager means who have lived in the neighborhood for generations in some instances.
I'm seriously interested in this aspect of the impact on Northern Virginia or the state as a whole. Have a budget surplus? Seen reductions in childhood poverty, increases in education attainment or any other positive societal outcome of the net positive tax revenue?
Or
I keep raising the rent the max that I can every year until it's too much for you.
New jobs are good, I mentioned that I think it should have been built. If I was living in that area in a lower income apartment I would have been worried sick on what would happen next.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
Where are they going? Their jobs and livelihood are most likely in that surrounding area. Now they get forced out. It's a form of gentrification.
The jobs aspect and taxes I can understand but that wasn't representing HER constituents so she did what the people she works for wanted.
I wanted it here for jobs and such. It would suck though to be anywhere near LIC after it would be built. That place is a nightmare now so I can only imagine what it would be like after HQ2?
2-Yes it does.
3-The area isn't a slum. It is opposite of that. LIC is one of the fastest up and coming cities in the US which is why Amazon chose the area.
4-The building oh HQ2 would only hurt her constituents. You keep missing that part where she works for them and they are the ones whom get impacted. Not the new people flush w money who can afford to live there.
Property values literally tripled and quadrupled over night.
Now I am just defending AOC's side of it. I personally think it should have been built and let progress prevail.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mrussel1 said:HughFreakingDillon said:criticism is healthy, but it's key to understand what and why you are criticizing. I'd like to know why it's hypocritical to go to an exclusive event and promote a message to close the economic gap? that's exactly the audience you need to reach to gain those things in society, and to get people talking. talking to poor people is all fine and dandy, understanding their problems, but if you don't promote that message to the elite, you won't get anywhere.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/style/2021/09/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-designer-dress-newday-vpx.cnn
My center left representative (Spanberger) almost lost in 2020 because of the stupid "defund the police" mantra. Taht's the kind of idiocy that does NOT win elections in swing districts. She laid into Pelosi and others after the election for not shutting that down sooner.
Hate to break it to you but any dem is a boogeyman for the repubs in their campaigns. What else is new?
And I'm not going to get into stupid debates about how many reps have sponsored successful bills in their first two terms. Are you saying that number is zero? Because I seriously doubt that is the case.
But let's pull the thread. Can you defend the attempted coup? Can you defend her pushing Amazon HQ out of NYC? I say thanks to that. We welcomed all of the new jobs here in VA. And it appears she did it because she thinks Jeff Bezos, who owns 10% of Amazon, is too rich. Or is she, a a rule, against companies moving to NYC? Idiotic in my book.
Her reasoning for ousting Amazon, which I understand, was it wasn't going to benefit her people.
The mere rumor of Amazon HQ2 drove real estate prices through the roof. What that was going to do to her constituents was drive rent prices up and her people out of that area.
Yes NY has rent control but if you want to renovate the building you can have the people move out until those are done. If it takes a year and a half do you really want to move back there?
Happens all the time here.
Where are they going? Their jobs and livelihood are most likely in that surrounding area. Now they get forced out. It's a form of gentrification.
The jobs aspect and taxes I can understand but that wasn't representing HER constituents so she did what the people she works for wanted.
I wanted it here for jobs and such. It would suck though to be anywhere near LIC after it would be built. That place is a nightmare now so I can only imagine what it would be like after HQ2?
2-Yes it does.
3-The area isn't a slum. It is opposite of that. LIC is one of the fastest up and coming cities in the US which is why Amazon chose the area.
4-The building oh HQ2 would only hurt her constituents. You keep missing that part where she works for them and they are the ones whom get impacted. Not the new people flush w money who can afford to live there.
Property values literally tripled and quadrupled over night.
Now I am just defending AOC's side of it. I personally think it should have been built and let progress prevail.0 -
mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:income, without any rent issues, etc. I don't believe in Utopia.
No shit. It borders her district. I pointed that out when I first started talking about it. The events impact her community because it borders this area.
She doesn't represent LIC1- Yes they could if they still could afford to live there.
2-Yes it does.
3-The area isn't a slum. It is opposite of that. LIC is one of the fastest up and coming cities in the US which is why Amazon chose the area.
4-The building oh HQ2 would only hurt her constituents. You keep missing that part where she works for them and they are the ones whom get impacted. Not the new people flush w money who can afford to live there.
Property values literally tripled and quadrupled over night.
Now I am just defending AOC's side of it. I personally think it should have been built and let progress prevail.0 -
mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:income, without any rent issues, etc. I don't believe in Utopia.
2-Yes it does.
3-The area isn't a slum. It is opposite of that. LIC is one of the fastest up and coming cities in the US which is why Amazon chose the area.
4-The building oh HQ2 would only hurt her constituents. You keep missing that part where she works for them and they are the ones whom get impacted. Not the new people flush w money who can afford to live there.
Property values literally tripled and quadrupled over night.
Now I am just defending AOC's side of it. I personally think it should have been built and let progress prevail.
She also wasn't the only reason HQ2 wasn't built. There was someone in Albany that was never going to let that happen. I have to go back and look up his name.
In reality AOC wasn't the little engine that could. She wasn't David in this. She had a part and was given the bigger stage for it though.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:mrussel1 said:tempo_n_groove said:income, without any rent issues, etc. I don't believe in Utopia.
2-Yes it does.
3-The area isn't a slum. It is opposite of that. LIC is one of the fastest up and coming cities in the US which is why Amazon chose the area.
4-The building oh HQ2 would only hurt her constituents. You keep missing that part where she works for them and they are the ones whom get impacted. Not the new people flush w money who can afford to live there.
Property values literally tripled and quadrupled over night.
Now I am just defending AOC's side of it. I personally think it should have been built and let progress prevail.
She also wasn't the only reason HQ2 wasn't built. There was someone in Albany that was never going to let that happen. I have to go back and look up his name.
In reality AOC wasn't the little engine that could. She wasn't David in this. She had a part and was given the bigger stage for it though.
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