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Not sure if you realize this or not, but corporations exists for the sole purpose to make money. Not be a charity. If you have any experience running a company or management in general you would know cutting overhead is one of the easiest things you can do to increase margins.
It will not look good to the shareholders if Amazons profit takes a hit due to a stupid law in Seattle. They would be wise to move much like Boeing did. Amazon owes the city and the homeless nothing.
Seattle is a cool city, I love to visit for work but would not want to live there. And its not the rain that would keep me away.
I live in Denver and lets be honest about a lot of the homeless.......its a lifestyle choice.
Amazon paid ZERO federal taxes in 2017. Seattle may lose out in the long run, but I'm going to sit here and feel bad for Amazon.
Amazon paid ZERO federal taxes in 2017. Seattle may lose out in the long run, but I'm going to sit here and feel bad for Amazon.
They are only playing by the rules. Doing nothing illegal much like Trump in his taxes. Is if fair? debatable, but not illegal. But to impose a tax to pay for a homeless problem that the city govt created? That's not fair.
Amazon paid ZERO federal taxes in 2017. Seattle may lose out in the long run, but I'm going to sit here and feel bad for Amazon.
See your missing the entire situation. This tax is not just for Amazon. Its for any company that has a revenue of 20 mlliion or more. Thats a lot of construction jobs, tech jobs, and other fields....They all dont take in billions... The city council pushed it as some amazon tax, but its worst than that.
They are only playing by the rules. Doing nothing illegal much like Trump in his taxes. Is if fair? debatable, but not illegal. But to impose a tax to pay for a homeless problem that the city govt created? That's not fair.
Exactly. Call up your local congressman and complain about the tax code. Its not like Amazon is breaking any laws. They are playing by the tax code.
See your missing the entire situation. This tax is not just for Amazon. Its for any company that has a revenue of 20 mlliion or more. Thats a lot of construction jobs, tech jobs, and other fields....They all dont take in billions... The city council pushed it as some amazon tax, but its worst than that.
I don't think the sky is falling. Keep in mind, I live in Wisconsin where infrastructure projects go uncompleted to fulfill corporate welfare obligations. Not a good thing to have government beholden to corporate interests.
Someone has to challenge this tax in court right? There's no way that this form of taxation is legal. A company that is losing money can be taxed because they have too much revenue?
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