We’re living in strange times

I am posting this in addition to a post I posted the other day where billboards had the words “get married” “reproduce”

Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue it’s actually the third. Amazon does not pay taxes and Amazon is now in the transitional state of replacing 75% of warehouse manufacturing labor with robots.

In my honest opinion it hurts the overall economy for two reasons 1. Amazon is not paying taxes therefore they’re not contributing and 2 by disrupting the labor market people aren’t getting paid meaning all of that revenue will not go back into the economy it goes entirely to Amazon

What is your reaction to that?

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NativePortlander1970 · 51-55

It's called tax breaks for creating jobs.

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@NativePortlander1970 I understand originally why they legally weren’t required to pay taxes

But now with them replacing ~75% of manufacturing labor with robots doesnt that defeat the original purpose of the tax break?

NativePortlander1970 · 51-55

@DeluxedEdition It will, however I don't see it happening any time soon.