• @givesomefucks
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    8 months ago

    How many jobs is it tho?

    Biden officials say the Microsoft project will lead to 2,300 union construction jobs, followed by 2,000 permanent jobs in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

    3.3 billion for 2,000 permanent jobs.

    2,300 temp construction, so we’ll set aside 125k each for them. That’s 287 million total so we can round it to the 3 billion cost for 2k jobs.

    That means it’s costing the government 1.5 million for you to have that job.

    Would you rather have 1.5 million dollars or this job?

    If you’d rather have anything less than 1.5 million, then this is a waste of money.

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    Not to even mention both these cost money.

    Stop supporting aid for Israel’s genocide, and we could do one of these a year almost with the money.

    It’s not one or the other, that’s why it’s such a big deal Biden won’t.

    • @[email protected]
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      58 months ago

      We get it- you don’t want anyone voting for Biden. You’ve reached no end in rebutting everthing anyone ever says to you in his defense.

      While providing zero evidence to support any of it.

      We’re not allowed to call you what you are, so how about you tell us what you call yourself so that we can change the definition of that to mean what it actually is.

    • @FlowVoid
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      That means it’s costing the government 1.5 million for you to have that job.

      Would you rather have 1.5 million dollars or this job?

      It’s costing Microsoft 1.5 million for you to have that job, because they are the ones spending $3 billion.

      Would you rather have this job, or give a raise to their CEO?

    • a lil bee 🐝
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      What a ridiculous way to compute value. Do you really think jobs are the only thing bought with that money? It brings money into the community. Those workers take that money and spend it at local businesses, driving the local economy up. Why do you think cities fall over each other to court these companies?

      You keep trying to drive back to the genocide, but listen to what the people above you are telling you: the populace cares more about the economy and jobs than they do about Palestine. Last I checked (and I don’t have a source for you, sorry, just something I read in an article recently.) about half of Americans find Israel sympathetic in this conflict and about 30% find Palestine sympathetic. It’s obviously much more skewed toward Palestine for young people, but they are also notoriously the most fickle and demanding demographic.

      The left is trying to win a noble fight with leverage it does not have, which is sadly their modus operandi. If you want a path that is set in reality and reduces the pain decades of foreign policy have constructed, vote Biden and vote as left as possible downticket to create an ecosystem where Congress can get the left what it wants and needs. I’d be happy to be wrong, but I do not believe there is anything else possible to be done in the current geopolitical scheme.

      EDIT: I did find the Gallup poll. Gallup. You’ll have to scroll past the opinions on the PA specifically.

      • @givesomefucks
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        How could I ever have forgotten about trickle down?!

        I forgot both parties have politicians unironically trying to bring back regeanomics…

        • a lil bee 🐝
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          That’s not even remotely what trickle down economics is.