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Don't put the blame solely on "consumers". There's also the laws which allow (or don't prevent) this concentration to occur. The usual litany includes: - the

Don't put the blame solely on "consumers". There's also the laws which allow (or don't prevent) this concentration to occur. The usual litany includes: - the tax bracket for the wealthiest should be 90% or higher, like it used to be. - have a global wealth tax - remove Taft-Hartley limitations on union power and prohibit so-called "right-to-work" laws. - have strong protections for renters

quantified 4y ago
No one other than consumers sent them money. I don't recall government subsidies or loans to them, fill me in if I missed them. Everyone who sends them money is aware of the tax situation, or isn't really aware of their environment. You'd think the original market of book-buyers would have been a little more clued in.
- eesmith 4y ago
  "Amazon to get $124M tax break to build NY warehouse" - https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/amazon-to-get-124m-tax-break-to-build-niagara-warehouse-report/ https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/amazon-to-get-124m-tax-break-t... "Amazon has secured $670 million in tax breaks this year" - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-tax-breaks-670-million-good-jobs-first/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-tax-breaks-670-million-g... "Inside Amazon's massive subsidy in Niagara" - https://www.investigativepost.org/2022/09/02/inside-amazons-massive-subsidy-in-niagara/ https://www.investigativepost.org/2022/09/02/inside-amazons-... "Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars" - https://newrepublic.com/article/146540/amazon-thriving-thanks-taxpayer-dollars https://newrepublic.com/article/146540/amazon-thriving-thank...
  - quantified 4y ago
    2018 was already too late. Tax subsidies for warehouses: why are they building those warehouses? To supply the purchasers. If all my business had for the year was tax breaks, I have no revenue.
    - eesmith 4y ago
      You wrote "I don't recall government subsidies or loans to them." I showed you quite a few sources totally into the billions of dollars. Now you've moved the goalposts - and that's on only one point of the several I mentioned, which themselves are only a subset of "the usual litany." I no longer find this exchange interesting.

quantified 4y ago

No one other than consumers sent them money. I don't recall government subsidies or loans to them, fill me in if I missed them. Everyone who sends them money is aware of the tax situation, or isn't really aware of their environment. You'd think the original market of book-buyers would have been a little more clued in.

eesmith 4y ago
"Amazon to get $124M tax break to build NY warehouse" - https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/amazon-to-get-124m-tax-break-to-build-niagara-warehouse-report/ https://nypost.com/2022/08/10/amazon-to-get-124m-tax-break-t... "Amazon has secured $670 million in tax breaks this year" - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-tax-breaks-670-million-good-jobs-first/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-tax-breaks-670-million-g... "Inside Amazon's massive subsidy in Niagara" - https://www.investigativepost.org/2022/09/02/inside-amazons-massive-subsidy-in-niagara/ https://www.investigativepost.org/2022/09/02/inside-amazons-... "Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars" - https://newrepublic.com/article/146540/amazon-thriving-thanks-taxpayer-dollars https://newrepublic.com/article/146540/amazon-thriving-thank...
- quantified 4y ago
  2018 was already too late. Tax subsidies for warehouses: why are they building those warehouses? To supply the purchasers. If all my business had for the year was tax breaks, I have no revenue.
  - eesmith 4y ago
    You wrote "I don't recall government subsidies or loans to them." I showed you quite a few sources totally into the billions of dollars. Now you've moved the goalposts - and that's on only one point of the several I mentioned, which themselves are only a subset of "the usual litany." I no longer find this exchange interesting.