Also, population for the city is near 25k. A small fraction of those folks enjoy the benefits of this healthcare given by working for Amazon. Furthermore, it i

Also, population for the city is near 25k. A small fraction of those folks enjoy the benefits of this healthcare given by working for Amazon. Furthermore, it is a bad historical precedent to rely on employers for healthcare. This was a poor side-effect of the wage-hike stoppages during WWII that was later tax-exempted through federal law. It was never well thought out. Finally, how many people in this town feel they have equal opportunity for social mobility? Decades of economic stagnation and degradation have thrown any plausible arguments towards a "meritocracy/American dream/everyone has an equal chance at success" out the window.