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Corporation should not be allowed to donate to political campaigns or PACs at all.
Amazon dropping all this money into Seattle elections in the last few years shows their fear. Amazon big wigs are terrified that Seattle will set a new level of expectations for corporations to act socially responsible.
They are terrified that we will codify this social responsibility. They are terrified that they will finally have to pay their fair share of taxes. So they are dumping obscene amounts of money into our elections.
Amazon confirmed they're spending another $1.05M on the Seattle City Council elections. That brings the total to $1.45 million.
This is how billionaires like Bezos protects their wealth. By buying hyper-local elected seats to prevent any future taxes.
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This is how billionaires like Bezos protects their wealth. By buying hyper-local elected seats to prevent any future taxes.
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“We are disappointed by today’s City Council decision to introduce a tax on jobs … we remain very apprehensive about the future created by the council’s hostile approach and rhetoric toward larger businesses, which forces us to question our growth here,” Amazon VP Drew Herdener,
Average global Amazon salary is 25k.
1/3 of Amazon employees are on food stamps. Amazon's own employees need the #headtax to help fund affordable housing they don't have access to.
Tax on Amazon would only be paying $20 million/yr. That's less than 1 days worth of Amazon profit.
1/3 of Amazon employees are on food stamps. Amazon's own employees need the #headtax to help fund affordable housing they don't have access to.
Tax on Amazon would only be paying $20 million/yr. That's less than 1 days worth of Amazon profit.
