Re:Seattle repeals tax on companies like Amazon
by prolikewhoa on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:35PM
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Absolutely depressing. It sets a precedent that businesses own this city and can control everything. This was a tax of something like 0.2% on Uwajimaya and Dicks Burgers and only effected companies making $20mil+ in revenue and only impacted their Seattle workers. It wasn't a tax on individuals, it wasn't coming out of individuals paychecks.
While I fully agree that the city should've had a detailed plan for where this money was going to effectively help the homeless/low income, do people really think these companies would have just been like "yeah, this looks good" and cut a check annually? No.
This is a sad outcome for the city of Seattle in my opinion. The sky didn't fall after the $15 minimum wage passed, and it didn't fall after the head tax was originally passed a month ago.
While I fully agree that the city should've had a detailed plan for where this money was going to effectively help the homeless/low income, do people really think these companies would have just been like "yeah, this looks good" and cut a check annually? No.
This is a sad outcome for the city of Seattle in my opinion. The sky didn't fall after the $15 minimum wage passed, and it didn't fall after the head tax was originally passed a month ago.