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madhadron
on June 22, 2018
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Amazon bought a multimillion dollar tax reduction from the city of Seattle for $25k of propaganda. The market for influence is very inefficient.
hueving
on June 22, 2018
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Are you referring to the tax increase (per employee tax) that they prevented or another special concession they received?
madhadron
on June 23, 2018
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I'm referring to the per-employee head tax.
hueving
on June 24, 2018
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It's not a tax reduction then. It's a bluff call on a tax designed specifically to hit them (and Starbucks).
madhadron
on June 25, 2018
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Calling the bluff would be Amazon moving all operations out of Seattle. This is purchasing influence at a great discount.
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