More accurately, tax Amazon and over half a thousand other employers in the city. And spend money on social services that don't have a particularly good track r

More accurately, tax Amazon and over half a thousand other employers in the city. And spend money on social services that don't have a particularly good track record of eliminating the social ills they are intended to solve. Politicians made their own judgement as to whether or not this would be beneficial to their chances of reelection. Immediately concluding that because a government didn't pass a new tax, the government is a de-facto autocracy is extremely reductive.