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    Ocasio-Cortez erhielt erneut Rechtfertigung, nachdem Amazon HQ2 letztes Jahr keine Arbeitsplätze in Virginia geschaffen hatte

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    1. ATLfalcons27 on

      I’m all for mutually beneficial deals for businesses. The problem is they usually aren’t and there aren’t any stipulations in place to hold them their word. Not sure if that’s because the politicians in place just want a quick win to move up the ladder, being paid off, or just don’t give a shit

      The promises of jobs is one I couldn’t possibly care less about. There’s no way to legally hold them to something like that.

    2. Tasty-Performer6669 on

      Please won’t someone think of the corporations? According to Citizens United they’re people too

    3. Brief_Chance_7682 on

      uhh this categorically incorrect- not to mention how the entire area has been transformed

    4. VestOfHolding on

      So they estimated that 10,000 jobs were created, and article says they „only“ made 8,500 jobs.

      Look, fuck the way data centers are being built and generally handled, but isn’t that not a bad realization of the estimate? From the tone of the article I would’ve expected half that.

    5. g1184 on

      >… a filing submitted to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership this week showed that Amazon created no jobs at its HQ2 in Arlington County last year, and thus “will not seek a state payment” under the state’s workforce grant incentives.

      >Last year, reported Virginia Business, Amazon requested more than $6.4 million through the grant program for adding just under 293 jobs in 2024.

      >“The hiring slowdown follows earlier signs that Amazon’s HQ2 buildout has fallen short of initial expectations,” Virginia Business explained. “The company originally projected it would create 10,000 jobs by 2024, but hiring totals fell well short of that mark. The company currently has nearly 8,500 employees who work out of HQ2.”

      0 jobs created in ’25

      293 jobs created in ’24

      8,500 employees total, unclear how many new-hires from Virginia

    6. sanisan_x on

      As an Australian – you guys need to overthrow the government and just stick her in charge.

    9. Alive_Astronomer3950 on

      I’d argue that no tax payer funding, concessions, or tax breaks should go to any entity (this goes for sports stadiums too) to build anything. Such a wild thing that companies will go city to city to see which one will basically fund their business infrastructure. Make them use their own funding, or make them secure private loans for funding. Insanity.

    11. MauryBallsteinLook on

      >The company originally projected it would create 10,000 jobs by 2024, but hiring totals fell well short of that mark. The company currently has nearly 8,500 employees who work out of HQ2

      Isn’t 85% of a jobs projection actually pretty good? Especially given the economic situation now, compared to what people thought it would be in 2022?

    12. onehalflightspeed on

      I live near HQ2. There is basically no economic development related to it whatsoever. A few luxury apartments were built and they sit mostly empty. Rents have skyrocketed over the last 5 years based entirely on speculation and promises. None of them came to pass. The area used to be a fun and weird neighborhood, with lots of alt, queer spaces. They are shutting down one by one because they cannot afford their rents. This entire project has been a boondoggle

    15. Alt532169 on

      She saw through the bullshit and more Americans need to do so against billionaires.

    16. Long_Advertising_737 on

      Amazon was bluffing the whole time. Remember the contest was for only one city getting the HQ, but just before the grand announcement, Amazon declared that two cities are going to be chosen… only to go back to one city. It was a last minute PR stunt, likely to make NYC politicians look bad. And now that one city is turning out to be a stunt too.

    17. brattyblondeish on

      The fact that Amazon requested $6.4 million in grants for adding just 293 jobs in 2024 and then created zero jobs the following year shows exactly why these corporate incentive packages are such a scam. We’re literally paying billionaire corporations to underperform while working families struggle to make ends meet.

    18. FlowofOd on

      And democratic voters already grifted into not voting for her in the primaries, never learning lessons ever

    19. nowhereman136 on

      Amazon destroys jobs. They allocate resources and runout competition. In 1990, there were 22.3m Americans working in retail. Today, that number is 15.6m Americans. At the same time, Amazon has „created“ 1.1m jobs for Americans. Big companies don’t create jobs, they destroy jobs

      That’s not even talking about working condition and employment benefits. I don’t have hard statistics on that, but I’ve worked retail, Warehouse, and Amazon and Amazon is by far the worst place I’ve ever worked

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