Seattle Socialists Strangle Golden Goose

[DBTrek]

Cities leveraging arbitrary taxes and unaccountably squandering hundreds of millions = capitalism working as intended

Right up there with “if you have it I can take it = capitalism”



Can’t make this shit up folks, these people really believe this stuff.

[TheReal_ND]

So who here's ready to talk about reigning in the franchise?

Does it benefit swipple and hipster communities? If not then no. First we must agree to protect our nascent White Folk Art communities in the name of DIVERSITY

[Kath]

The 'great service' is Amazon's service that I am paying for. See the sentence you snipped out of the quote for context.

That's fine, but Seattle is taking that money to help their homeless problem. They've already wasted millions and all they accomplished was making the homeless problem worse. What evidence do you have that this time, Seattle will use the money wisely?

Why should Amazon and other companies give Seattle money so that Seattle can waste it? What part of this is confusing for you?

If your grown child kept coming to you for money to fix a problem they have, like, say, fixing a car, and they took that money and bought hookers and blow with it, would you be eager to give them another handout because this time, he really really means it and he will use it to fix the car?

[TheReal_ND]

The 'great service' is Amazon's service that I am paying for. See the sentence you snipped out of the quote for context.

That's fine, but Seattle is taking that money to help their homeless problem. They've already wasted millions and all they accomplished was making the homeless problem worse. What evidence do you have that this time, Seattle will use the money wisely?

Why should Amazon and other companies give Seattle money so that Seattle can waste it? What part of this is confusing for you?

If your grown child kept coming to you for money to fix a problem they have, like, say, fixing a car, and they took that money and bought hookers and blow with it, would you be eager to give them another handout because this time, he really really means it and he will use it to fix the car?

They didnt focuse on maintaining the working class White community. If they had, Seattle would have told Amazon to take a hike because they would have all the tax revenue their greedy little fingers could spend for generations to come. Short sighted.

[Okeefenokee]

Potentially mutually beneficial, for a very low cost per consumer, for a great service. That smells like capitalism working exactly the way it should, despite the possibility of failure.

Great service? They have already spent millions upon millions to fix their homeless problem and all they accomplished was making their homeless problem worse. What evidence do you have that this time, it will fix the problem, when they have never successfully spent the money before?

They spent about sixty million dollars on day care for about 800 families. It came out to close to $70k per household.

Think about that. Day care for low income families...seventy thousand dollars per household...averaging one child.

Efficiency.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Cities leveraging arbitrary taxes and unaccountably squandering hundreds of millions = capitalism working as intended

Right up there with “if you have it I can take it = capitalism”



Can’t make this shit up folks, these people really believe this stuff.

Your knack for misrepresenting arguments and presenting them uncharitably is really uncanny.

Amazon doesn't seem to be leaving Seattle, so your entire gripe is moot.

Nobody is 'stealing' from Bezos since the consumer is paying for it, and can choose not to at any time.

Your whole argument is just bitchy cynicism. Good luck with it.

[Okeefenokee]

Your whole argument is just bitchy cynicism. Good luck with it.

said Seattle to the businesses as they left.

[TheReal_ND]

looking for the future non White tax cows

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

The 'great service' is Amazon's service that I am paying for. See the sentence you snipped out of the quote for context.

That's fine, but Seattle is taking that money to help their homeless problem. They've already wasted millions and all they accomplished was making the homeless problem worse. What evidence do you have that this time, Seattle will use the money wisely?

Why should Amazon and other companies give Seattle money so that Seattle can waste it? What part of this is confusing for you?

If your grown child kept coming to you for money to fix a problem they have, like, say, fixing a car, and they took that money and bought hookers and blow with it, would you be eager to give them another handout because this time, he really really means it and he will use it to fix the car?

Should? Well, it is legal to levy taxes, so they should pay them, or fight them, or, whatever.

The point is that, as an Amazon consumer, I don't really care if Seattle, or Amazon, or anyone else uses the money I pay for the service wisely. I think the service is worth the cost, and will keep paying for it of my own volition.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Your whole argument is just bitchy cynicism. Good luck with it.

said Seattle to the businesses as they left.

Are they leaving?