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Really robust constituent services. that is the real interaction that an everyday person has with their elected official. they say, hey, my medicare isn't working out. my visa application for my fiance is getting blocked, what can you do? so cutting through that red tape of government bureaucracy in order to serve our constituents with a huge service we can have and it's something we're really looking forward to building out in an innovative way. >> your district i think includes or adjacent to the new proposed amazon headquarters in long island city. >> yes, it's adjacent. >> you've been quit...

Kennedy's office. that's where i learned how important it was for us to have really robust constituent services. that is the real interaction that an everyday person has with their elected official. they say, hey, my medicare isn't working out. my visa application for my fiance is getting blocked, what can you do? so cutting through that red tape of government bureaucracy in order to serve our constituents with a huge service we can have and it's something we're really looking forward to building out in an innovative way. >> your district i think includes or adjacent to the new proposed amazon...

A member of the working class but not anymore. now the democratic party is the party of merciless corporate power of google, facebook and the rest, and they will punish you if you get in the way. two of the bluest parts of the country showered promises and billions and billions of taxpayer breaks on jeff bezos. he runs amazon. in return, both those states are getting a new amazon headquarters which is a great deal for jeff bezos, not that he needs it. but what about taxpayers? eric scheffer joins us tonight. thanks for coming out. >> my pleasure. >> tucker: it's not clear to me. why would new ...

Plummeted. so the amazon effect is great if you work at amazon and amazon headquarters. it's had a different and opposite effect on wages. >> bret, the very people who have felt for 40 years that globalization and technology has hurt their wages because we've exported jobs and computers and machinery has taken their jobs, many of those people voted for donald trump. many of them voted for bernie sanders. many of them used to be democrats and union members. they all share something really similar. people angry with the dislocation that the economy has caused them to have low wages are all angry...

Taking both heat and praise over the decision to impose a major new tax on big businesses in the city. correspondent dan springer is at amazon headquarters in seattle to follow up on a story that we brought you here for us last night. good evening, dan. >> in seattle did in fact move forward with the new head tax, charging $245 per year for every employee working in the city. that didn't seem to matter, reaction from businesses was swift and scathing. amazon saying it remains apprehensive about its future in the city because of quote the council's hostile approach and rhetoric toward larger bu...