Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal Income Taxes

Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by jimktrains2 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:15PM (#19155809)

I don't think anyone questions the legality of it. Articles like this are intended to convince people that the current system is unfair and to write their representatives and senators, even if they don't state that specifically.

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Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by slantyyz on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:19PM (#19155850)

>> Articles like this are intended to convince people that the current system is unfair and to write their representatives and senators, even if they don't state that specifically.

The problem is that if you don't state it clearly and specifically, that message will be lost on most people, and they'll still redirect their anger at the company as opposed to the actual source of the problem.

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Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by chc on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:34PM (#19156043)

This article repeatedly calls out "Congress" and "Trump" as the major responsible parties. I don't see how that could be conveyed much more clearly.

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Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by qudat on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:27PM (#19155962)

> to write their representatives and senators

Do you have references to any articles that evaluate the efficacy of this? It seems like an effort in futility to me.

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Re:Amazon in Its Prime: Doubles Profits, Pays $0 in Federal ... by reallydude on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:51PM (#19156262)

its been effective on niche policy issues within states, but at the federal level the representatives simply lie about what they have "heard" from constituents.

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