Hundreds of cities competed to get Amazon’s second (and now third) expansion site. Millions of dollars were promised in tax breaks, kickbacks, and (let’s be honest here) bribes. This was a scam. So one of the largest corporations in America run by perhaps the richest man in the world gets subsidies from the taxpayers.
There are some costs, of course. Amazon has caused the death of hundreds of brick and mortar stores. It dictates conditions to its subsidiary businesses. It treats its employees badly. It is a bully, and it grows larger and more powerful each year.
I have “Never shopped at Walmart” engraved on my tombstone. I’d like to add “Never bought a damn thing from Amazon either,” but it costs so much to incise that in granite.
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