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It's not the government assistance that's the problem (that shouldn't carry a stigma per se) - it's the fact that Amazon doesn't pay for it's own externalities
by andybak 2y ago
It's not the government assistance that's the problem (that shouldn't carry a stigma per se) - it's the fact that Amazon doesn't pay for it's own externalities (if you can call workforce exploitation an "externality")
Imagine a scenario where "assistance" wasn't stigmatized and Amazon had to pay higher taxes fully proportionate with the cost of paying it's employees properly?
I mean - at that point they might as well pay people properly!
- astrange 2y agoAmazon is in Washington state, which doesn't have an income tax. In my opinion, if they need Amazon to pay more they should try having one of those.
- Nasrudith 2y agoSmartass question: how is it Amazon's externality when they would have been on food stamps without Amazon's job? It is clear that ideally they wouldn't be on food stamps with the job, sure but crediting preexisting problems towards whomever doesn't solve them fully sounds like a recipe for just making things worse.