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> Amazon is a cheap target for young idealists Maybe its a target because is a behemoth of a target. Amazon is so big US states were competing in a bezos d*k
by me_me_me 6y ago
> Amazon is a cheap target for young idealists
Maybe its a target because is a behemoth of a target.
Amazon is so big US states were competing in a bezos d*k sucking competition to have their hq built in their state.
A company famous for paying zero taxes and its biggest slice of workforce are being optimised like a computer program to squeeze every last $ they can produce at the expense of the workforce.
So if amazon is a bad target what else should be then? Or maybe everything is fine and the invisible hand is going to fix all of the problems?
- notSupplied 6y agoStates and cities competing to undercut each other in offering sweet deals for Amazon HQs and sports team stadiums had always felt extremely wrong to me. If anything has a natural right to behave like a cartel when negotiating against businesses, it is municipal and state governments.
- radu_floricica 6y agoThat's a _very_ fair practice to attack, although to be honest once the rules have been written it would be kinda stupid not to play the game this way. But allowing cities to offer huge allowances and tax breaks is hugely unequal to other businesses in that area, and creates perverse incentives where the auction ends up with a likely negative value, just so some politician can brag that he brought X or Y or Z in his city. To note that this is the opposite of free market: the crux of the problem is allowing politicians to write checks/tax deductions to businesses for purely political purposes.