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  1. June-11-20, 05:36 PM #11
    401don
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnnny5 View Post
    Sorry, but I'm not seeing the possibility of another Amazon distribution facility as a positive development whatsoever. These ARE NOT new jobs, they're just the Bezos machine taking business from another local retailer who will in turn be forced to lay off workers or close. Amazon won't build there without extracting massive property tax breaks and they won't pay squat in states taxes either.
    It's more a case of it being inevitable. The public has chosen to buy from Amazon [[much as I dislike it also) so if they're going to build another facility the jobs may as well be inside the city limits where public transit is more accessible to Detroit citizens.
    Last edited by 401don; June-11-20 at 05:39 PM.
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