head tax

[_subgenius]

Construction workers shouted down Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Thursday as she attempted to speak in favor of Seattle 's proposed new "head tax" at an open-air news conference.

The construction workers shouted "No head tax!" each time Sawant tried to speak in favor of the measure, which would charge Amazon and other large Seattle employers 26 cents per hour per employee to fund a homeless initiative.

The head tax proposal would raise an estimated $75 million per year. Amazon would pay more than $20 million of that total under the proposal.

The workers eventually walked away, allowing Sawant and other pro-head tax speakers to take the microphone.

Sawant maintains that Amazon could easily afford to pay that amount. She also says that Amazon helped create the homeless problem by contributing to income inequality and the increasing unaffordability of housing in the region.


http://komonews.com/news/local/no-head- ... ide-amazon

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

If this is passed Amazon should just build their crap in some other city.

- Doc

[_subgenius]

If this is passed Amazon should just build their crap in some other city.

- Doc

to me, this little nugget is enough for me to take my toys and play elsewhere -
She also says that Amazon helped create the homeless problem by contributing to income inequality and the increasing unaffordability of housing in the region.

but note that Amazon is already pushing back "by bringing a halt to all planning on a massive project scheduled for construction in Downtown Seattle, and may tweak its plans to occupy a new downtown skyscraper."

funny how Sawant condemns Amazon's reaction to her extortion :
Added Sawant, "Amazon is perfectly capable of paying that, double, even four times that."
She also called Amazon's tactic "extortion."