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Still smug and self righteous, plenty of them are anti-amazon in any other discussion and we're just happy to take their support on this. A significant percenta

Still smug and self righteous, plenty of them are anti-amazon in any other discussion and we're just happy to take their support on this. A significant percentage believed the head tax would be too expensive for small businesses (aka didn't even know who would have to pay it).

MagicPropmaker 8y ago
> (aka didn't even know who would have to pay it). Small business people aren't stupid. It's sad you think they are. I can assure you that the small business people--the shop owners and house cleaners and barbers and contractors -- knew who had to pay it and who weren't. You'd be surprised to learn that some people like things to be fair even if they aren't directly involved in a transaction or agreement.
- fwip 8y ago
  If you attended the public hearings (or read coverage thereof), you'd know that many of the people testifying against it didn't understand that they were not subject to it.
  - MagicPropmaker 8y ago
    That's not what I heard and read at all. There were reports that each side was accusing the other side of spreading "misinformation" about it. But that doesn't mean people testifying didn't understand. Do you think anyone who disagrees with you does it because he lacks the mental capacity to "understand" things as well as you do? See: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/how-amazon-helped-kill-a-seattle-tax-on-business/562736/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/how-a...
    - fwip 8y ago
      They believed they were subject to it but they, in fact, were not. I don't know how to be more clear than that.
- lazyasciiart 8y ago
  No. They argued that small businesses would have to pay it and could not afford this cost. Some of them even tried to suggest that it would be a reasonable idea if it would only apply to larger businesses. Also, you don't have to be stupid to not know that, just uninformed. I suppose it depends on the definition of stupidity.
  - MagicPropmaker 8y ago
    Well, show me were people were saying that. Small business people who served large employers were correctly saying it affected them, and they knew the reasons.
    - lazyasciiart 8y ago
      I don't know, but it's not happening in this thread so far as I can tell so I'm not sure when he does.
    - lazyasciiart 8y ago
      Weird, I'm pretty sure this isn't the comment I was replying to yesterday.

MagicPropmaker 8y ago

> (aka didn't even know who would have to pay it). Small business people aren't stupid. It's sad you think they are. I can assure you that the small business people--the shop owners and house cleaners and barbers and contractors -- knew who had to pay it and who weren't. You'd be surprised to learn that some people like things to be fair even if they aren't directly involved in a transaction or agreement.

fwip 8y ago
If you attended the public hearings (or read coverage thereof), you'd know that many of the people testifying against it didn't understand that they were not subject to it.
- MagicPropmaker 8y ago
  That's not what I heard and read at all. There were reports that each side was accusing the other side of spreading "misinformation" about it. But that doesn't mean people testifying didn't understand. Do you think anyone who disagrees with you does it because he lacks the mental capacity to "understand" things as well as you do? See: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/how-amazon-helped-kill-a-seattle-tax-on-business/562736/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/how-a...
  - fwip 8y ago
    They believed they were subject to it but they, in fact, were not. I don't know how to be more clear than that.
lazyasciiart 8y ago
No. They argued that small businesses would have to pay it and could not afford this cost. Some of them even tried to suggest that it would be a reasonable idea if it would only apply to larger businesses. Also, you don't have to be stupid to not know that, just uninformed. I suppose it depends on the definition of stupidity.
- MagicPropmaker 8y ago
  Well, show me were people were saying that. Small business people who served large employers were correctly saying it affected them, and they knew the reasons.
  - lazyasciiart 8y ago
    I don't know, but it's not happening in this thread so far as I can tell so I'm not sure when he does.
  - lazyasciiart 8y ago
    Weird, I'm pretty sure this isn't the comment I was replying to yesterday.