In recent days, images of the shiny, new warehouse complex emblazoned with a giant blue Amazon logo -- and its impoverished environs with its unpaved roads and cardboard roofs have gone viral on social media, a stark display of globalization.
Where the hell do you idiots think that prosperity comes from?
It was a slum before Amazon was ever there. If amazon has jobs for some people who live there, that can only improve things.
That's Amazon's portal into the US for evading tariffs on imports from China. Mexico doesn't levy those tariffs and once the parts are in Mexico, they can be freely imported into the US per the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Being that it is warehouse vs an actual store, I don't see it being an immediate negative towards the local economy. Perhaps a long term effect where people in Mexico may buy more goods online, vs the limited sections at the local stores.
However those 15,000 jobs will often want houses nearby, being that they have a steady job, they may want nicer homes, also they may want places to eat for lunch, or after work.
The real question is what will happen to that community when Amazon moves its resources to a dif
Obviously I don't know each and every person in TJ, but the people in my company from TJ who used to be incredibly poor moved to apartments and houses when they got hired for 3X-6X minimum wage.
My direct team members make about 3X the *average* income in Mexico, so where do you think they live now?
Amazon building a warehouse in a poor neighborhood and thus giving hundreds to thousands of residents jobs is a good thing.
In recent days, images of the shiny, new warehouse complex emblazoned with a giant blue Amazon logo -- and its impoverished environs with its unpaved roads and cardboard roofs have gone viral on social media, a stark display of globalization.
Where the hell do you idiots think that prosperity comes from?
It was a slum before Amazon was ever there. If amazon has jobs for some people who live there, that can only improve things.
What is wrong with idiot 1st worlders today???
That's Amazon's portal into the US for evading tariffs on imports from China. Mexico doesn't levy those tariffs and once the parts are in Mexico, they can be freely imported into the US per the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Being that it is warehouse vs an actual store, I don't see it being an immediate negative towards the local economy. Perhaps a long term effect where people in Mexico may buy more goods online, vs the limited sections at the local stores.
However those 15,000 jobs will often want houses nearby, being that they have a steady job, they may want nicer homes, also they may want places to eat for lunch, or after work.
The real question is what will happen to that community when Amazon moves its resources to a dif
Obviously I don't know each and every person in TJ, but the people in my company from TJ who used to be incredibly poor moved to apartments and houses when they got hired for 3X-6X minimum wage.
My direct team members make about 3X the *average* income in Mexico, so where do you think they live now?