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Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s ... by tmalsburg2 on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:43AM (#19170397)
I didn't downvote OP but assumed that OP's comment was meant to be a sarcastic response to something that AOC wrote about the matter. Sarcasm is rarely a constructive contribution.
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Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s ... by melling on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:45AM (#19170404)
I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic, I was trying to be explicit by restating.

There’s not an extra $3 billion lying around to invest in New York City for other purposes because Amazon canceled the deal.

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Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s ... by weiming on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:51AM (#19170438)
As it turns out, there really was an AOC-ism of that nature.

https://twitter.com/akarl_smith/status/1096123735935987712?s...

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