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> There was no plan, period. Oh really? http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2018/05/up-against-a-wall-of-if-heres-how-seattle-head-tax-money-would-be-spent-on-c

by abeyer 8y ago

> There was no plan, period. Oh really? http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2018/05/up-against-a-wall-of-if-heres-how-seattle-head-tax-money-would-be-spent-on-capitol-hill/ http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2018/05/up-against-a-wall-... Not a perfect plan, maybe not even a particularly good one, but there absolutely were plans and budgets for how the money could have been used even before it was originally approved.

gowld 8y ago
Looks like a good fit for the regular budget to spend some of that property tax money Amazon and employees send it, not a good fit for blackmailing Amazon into a head tax.
- abeyer 8y ago
  > blackmailing Amazon into a head tax That doesn't even make sense, how is blackmail involved? You may not agree with a tax, but that's what voting is for. If it passes, you pay it or you remove yourself from the jurisdiction...that's not blackmail, it's how taxes work.
  - Proven 8y ago
    It is coercion, and it doesn't actually improve living standard. > If it passes, you pay it or you remove yourself from the jurisdiction...that's not blackmail, it's how taxes work. Apparently not - you can clearly threaten to leave the jurisdiction and have the law and tax rolled back. Just need to learn how to deal with the thugs (politicians).
  - yellowapple 8y ago
    "or you remove yourself from the jurisdiction" Hopefully that move is to somewhere close by; else, that kind of black-and-white logic would directly result in 45,000 Amazon employees facing either relocation or unemployment. Even then, the added time and monetary costs of added commutes can put folks in a similar "between-rock-and-hard-place" scenario. In general, telling someone "if you don't like it, then move somewhere else" betrays a complete ignorance of the economic and psychological burden of doing so (burdens which not everyone can afford). Amazon itself can afford to move with relative ease, of course, but that doesn't hold true for the vast majority of its workers.
    - s2g 8y ago
      Amazon can't afford to fire or force relocation on 45k employees. That would end up costing them millions.
      - yellowapple 8y ago
        Then that's one more reason why the "if you don't like it, take a hike" argument is absurd.
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- s2g 8y ago
  What blackmail? If anyone was engaging in extortion it was Amazon.

by abeyer 8y ago

gowld 8y ago

Looks like a good fit for the regular budget to spend some of that property tax money Amazon and employees send it, not a good fit for blackmailing Amazon into a head tax.

abeyer 8y ago
> blackmailing Amazon into a head tax That doesn't even make sense, how is blackmail involved? You may not agree with a tax, but that's what voting is for. If it passes, you pay it or you remove yourself from the jurisdiction...that's not blackmail, it's how taxes work.
- Proven 8y ago
  It is coercion, and it doesn't actually improve living standard. > If it passes, you pay it or you remove yourself from the jurisdiction...that's not blackmail, it's how taxes work. Apparently not - you can clearly threaten to leave the jurisdiction and have the law and tax rolled back. Just need to learn how to deal with the thugs (politicians).
- yellowapple 8y ago
  "or you remove yourself from the jurisdiction" Hopefully that move is to somewhere close by; else, that kind of black-and-white logic would directly result in 45,000 Amazon employees facing either relocation or unemployment. Even then, the added time and monetary costs of added commutes can put folks in a similar "between-rock-and-hard-place" scenario. In general, telling someone "if you don't like it, then move somewhere else" betrays a complete ignorance of the economic and psychological burden of doing so (burdens which not everyone can afford). Amazon itself can afford to move with relative ease, of course, but that doesn't hold true for the vast majority of its workers.
  - s2g 8y ago
    Amazon can't afford to fire or force relocation on 45k employees. That would end up costing them millions.
    - yellowapple 8y ago
      Then that's one more reason why the "if you don't like it, take a hike" argument is absurd.
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s2g 8y ago
What blackmail? If anyone was engaging in extortion it was Amazon.