Seattle passes new tax on large companies despite Amazon’s howls of protest
I think the Progressive left looter minde works in reverse, they get worse the smaller the target audience. Cities just keep hammering their people with tax after tax and wrapped up in lie after lie. 230 million for "homeless programs". Yep, sure, look how well all that has worked in Kalifornia, where a lot of the homeless actually have jobs but cant afford rent or a house...
So far as making laws against businesses fleeing a failing economy...that was Venezuela, about a year ago, I believe.
At least most dogs are loyal to those who feed them.
They just for once dressing up like American Indians would not pass the PC smell test.
Oops, I wrote "Indians." Let's change that to "American indigenous natives."
There, there, me dino fixed that deplorable PC boo-boo.
So it's all better now.
Bet there's plenty of college graduates who can't tell you who the Washington Monument is named after despite the king-sized hint that comes with such a question.
That I base on having seen Watter's World and Man On The Street interviews.
The odds are you are likely right. This is one of the disadvantages of living long. Everything both good and bad eventually comes to pass. But why does the bad always seem stronger than the good?
https://youtu.be/aH5qKRiBiyg
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05...
Pretty soon Seattle itself will turn itself into an urban desert because of their Progressivism. I will watch in eager anticipation and hope it comes sooner rather than later so others can watch the demise and hopefully learn from it.
California is making similar noises about a special tax levy on big businesses as a way of addressing their seriously underfunded state pension system. Do they sit awake at night wondering how many people they can alienate and still stay solvent?
Nowdays that refers to uncle Sam, and/or his lessor minions.
Much like cancer, the homeless are "living beings" as are the productive employees and residents of Seattle. However the homeless produce nothing -- and since they are subsidized, their ranks will only increase.
One of my friends hosted a lunch from the top floor of his Seattle apartment complex -- a beautiful view of the City was enjoyed. He pointed out a few of the city blocks that had been purchased by Amazon ... as well as the towers that were under development. As has been pointed out already -- the Tax on Amazon will be passed down to the consumers as well as a reduction in the growth of the company's vibrant work force.
I have a few friends in Seattle -- their property values have gone up a great deal over the past few years. I do hope that they sell and take the profits before the eclipsing of the high-water-mark in home prices. In everything there are cycles -- Seattle will be no different.
I recall the "sugar tax" in Washington and how my neighbor made the statement "The State really needs that money." I had no comeback ... as Rand would say, I don't speak that language. However, in retrospect, what she was really saying is that:
1. Her 24 karat gold State Teacher's Pension needs that money.
2. Her husband on SSDI needs that money.
3. Her unemployed son on "Obamacare" needs that money.
Indeed... Cancer has needs... and keeps on exacting those needs... until the host is dead.
Mental illness is a big problem, I'll gladly pay taxes if we are politically willing to start working on that. For lazy 300 lb'ers working at McDonald's as a career? No thank you. Figure it out like everyone else does. Stop wasting that free education by acting like an Ass or a thug in class everyday.
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