I'd love to see a widespread grassroots movement against Amazon. Monopoly man Bezos needs to be taken down about 7 notches.
Can't make this up.
Government welfare for the company controlled by the planet's richest person.
Government welfare for the company controlled by the planet's richest person.
Amazon: "Even as generous subsidies help its warehouses turn a profit, its workers still must turn to the federal safety net to put food on the table."
"The American people are financing Amazon’s pursuit of an e-commerce monopoly every step of the way: first, with tax breaks, subsidies, and infrastructure improvements meant to lure fulfillment centers into town,and later with federal transfers to pay for warehouse workers’ food"
"The numbers show that the company relies disproportionately on the program even accounting for its size: Amazon was the 28th largest employer in Arizona last year, but it ranked fifth for the number of employees enrolled in SNAP. "
A core part of the Amazon business model is to have government pay for its employees food:
Great article on the grotesque, burgeoning retail-platform monopoly that is Amazon:
theintercept.com/2018/04/19/ama…
theintercept.com/2018/04/19/ama…
