Posted on 05/12/2018 6:45:20 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
Kshama Sawants rally March on Amazon! Tax Big Biz to Build Affordable Housing! was planned well before a committee passed a head tax on big businesses, including Amazon. The full Seattle City Council is expected to vote on the proposal on Monday.
Our message today for the council is to stay strong, Kshama Sawant one of the most vocal proponents of the tax told KTTHs Jason Rantz at the rally.
The rally on Saturday began at Seattle Central College Plaza and preceded a march to Amazons headquarters in South Lake Union. This is extortion, the events Facebook page reads, and we must stand up to [Jeff] Bezos bullying. Having made a profit of $1.6B in the first 3 months of this year, the tax will be pocket change for Amazon.
That extortion is the aforementioned threat to halt construction on two projects in the city.
Sawant has continually targeted Amazon as shes pushed for the head tax.
When the city council first began pursuing a head tax, Sawant pushed to double the proposed tax on the wealthiest 10 percent of businesses. Her reasoning: if Amazon can afford a second headquarters, it can surely pay a tax for each of its employees.
On Friday, Seattle City Councils Finance and Neighborhoods Committee voted down an amendment to the head tax that would have cut the amount businesses would have paid in half and approved the original bill that would tax big businesses $500 per employee, per year.
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Liberal policies create the homeless.
Remember the good old days when the commies would march against city hall? Now the marches are planned in city hall! Sounds like the “Gang of Eight” dictates the new policies. Businesses in Redmond (Microsoft) pay a head tax to the city - about $83 per employee per year. I suppose the influx of workers to the city does put a stress on the police, fire, medical, roads, etc. And so many of them don’t live in the city - so don’t contribute with their property taxes.
It is pretty much a reverse commute - with folks living in Seattle, and driving east to Redmond and Bellevue to work. Maybe $83 is a rip-off the same as $500 is. But at least the $83 is portrayed as a reasonable number for a reasonable increase in city services. (Until one notes that the new city park that covers a square block in downtown Redmond is estimated to cost $41.2 million!).
But still, not some random $500 for some undefined goal to “reduce homelessness”.
Everyone could score million$ by marrying and divorcing a Microsoft exec - just like Sawant did.
Death to Socialists.
Seattle Iron Workers vs Socialists Trying to Steal from Amazon & Businesses
https://youtu.be/w-QuievfwE0
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