Slowly, but surely the left proves that their policies and
incompetence destroy everything it touches.
Two weeks after Amazon bailed on New York in a loss to the
state that could have amounted to 25.000 direct jobs and COUNTLESS indirect
jobs, they are bailing on another state which is an equally nasty enclave of
liberal socialism; Seattle.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of fruit cakes.
So, here is the deal…..Seattle city council had imposed an “Amazon
Tax” on Amazon in the new, office space deal.
This $250 a head on each employ, per year, would have netted the city
around $16 Million per year if Amazon filled all of the prospective office
space. That money would go to address the “city's
affordable housing crisis and fund homeless initiatives in the area”, a
problem caused by liberal policies. That
is right….in order to bring the Amazon office to Seattle, the state wanted to
tax Amazon $16 million. This is the sort
of liberal pay to play, that is in effect where ever democrats rule. Amazon threatened to walk 10 months ago when
the new take was announced. At the
threat of losing one of the biggest job opportunities in the history of the
state, the city eventually rescinded the tax…(on Amazon alone) but by then
Amazon had had enough of the New York debacle and announced that no, the city
could always revers course on the issue (as they had once already), and Amazon
didn’t want to be a part of that environment.
Once
again, the lefts policy of gouging the rich to pay for those who, in often
cases, produce nothing (if you have been to Seattle, you know of what I speak),
has cost them MILLIONS.
But check
this out; “'This is a good reminder for us that backing down to the bullying of
corporations never stops their bullying,' said Seattle Councillor Kshama Sawant.
THAT is
your reminder? THAT is your take
away? That a company would rather locate
elsewhere than be held hostage for the privilege of locating in your city? That THEY are bullies, but you are not a
socialist thief?
You are
an idiot?
“As the
next step, people in Seattle should gather courage and renew our fight to tax
big business for social housing,” she added. That is right Seattle…it is YOUR RIGHT to force
industry to pay for the problem your government caused.
More than
idiots.
Think
about what the city council is saying; It is up to them, to show courage and
renew the assault on big business to meet their social agenda of affordable
housing. The city council gives NO indication
that they probably CAUSED the housing problem….THROUGH HIGH TAXES. In my part of the nation, up in the failing
city of Chicago, there are vast swaths of buildings that were built to be “affordable”,
that quickly became unaffordable because owners had to raise rents to cover the
continued rise in property taxes, levied by the city, to address problems
CAUSED by the city.
This is
all the leftists know…..raise taxes to address problems that they create……proving
repeatedly that everything the left touches, turns to shit.
Everything.
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