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2. Your Math Might Be Off a Bit ...

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu May 6, 2021, 11:09 PM

May 2021

that's $150,000 times 25,000 jobs = $3.75 billion/year
At an effective rate of 5.37%, that $8,000/year/job
25,000 x 8000 = $200 million/year
1.8 billion / 200 million = 9 years
Not to mention the other spending and taxes

Those jobs are going to go somewhere

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1.8 bil divided by 150K is 12,000 yrs til amazon pays back its welfare grab nt msongs May 2021 #1

Your Math Might Be Off a Bit ... PBC_Democrat May 2021 #2

ooops I misread, thx for correction about the rapacious amazon. who thinks many workers at msongs May 2021 #3