4 ms·
I'd prefer if Amazon et al paid their taxes and society as a whole could decide how to spend it to better itself, through the democracy that we are supposed to
by axlee 3y ago
I'd prefer if Amazon et al paid their taxes and society as a whole could decide how to spend it to better itself, through the democracy that we are supposed to live in.
- blamazon 3y agoTo that end, to put the $400MM in perspective, Amazon has received $671MM of disclosed tax breaks and other subsidies from New York State. [1] (Context note: NYS 'jobs for tax cuts' program may be the most aggressive in the nation? I'm not an expert.) [1]: https://goodjobsfirst.org/amazon-tracker/?state=New+York https://goodjobsfirst.org/amazon-tracker/?state=New+York
- pb7 3y agoWhat taxes do they not pay? Have you contacted the IRS about this tax evasion? They have a whistleblower program so you could pocket some cash!
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- NickM 3y agoWell, sure, there are lots of things that could happen in the world that would be even better than a $400M donation like this, but that doesn't make a $400M donation a bad or pointless thing. Nor does it make this donation somehow responsible for stopping those other good things from happening.