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> Hoarded? Jeff Bezo’s billions are tied up in Amazon. That’s providing no value? Yes, hoarded. You're really bringing up Amazon? You're talking about the sam
by EarthIsHome 7y ago
> Hoarded? Jeff Bezo’s billions are tied up in Amazon. That’s providing no value?
Yes, hoarded. You're really bringing up Amazon?
You're talking about the same Amazon that paid no federal taxes last year? I paid more taxes than Amazon did.
The same Amazon that encourages a work environment where their warehouse employees wear diapers [0]?
The same Amazon that forces its employees to work around a dead body [1]?
Amazon itself started by exploiting USPS.
Amazon is a leach on society. Amazon gets tax breaks to build warehouses where their employees face horrendous working conditions. Tax money that could be used to provide better services not only to their workers, but to the rest of us.. You know, real value.
[0]: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17243026/amazon-warehouse-jobs-worker-conditions-bathroom-breaks https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17243026/amazon-warehouse...
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/17/amazon-warehouse-worker-deaths https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/17/amazon-wa...
- refurb 7y agoPlease stop spreading misinformation. Amazon paid $1.2B in taxes.[1] The net negative tax number was an estimate that doesn't capture their actual payments. So that means Amazon didn’t spend any money on income taxes in 2018? No. Even though Amazon’s “current provision” number for 2018 was negative for federal taxes, Amazon said it made income-tax payments totaling $1.2 billion during that year, more than from 2011 through 2016 combined. [1]https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-amazon-really-pay-no-taxes-heres-the-complicated-answer-11560504602 https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-amazon-really-pay-no-taxes...