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Amazon Spends $350K On Seattle Mayor's Race (jeffreifman.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the money-trail dept.

reifman writes: Until this summer, Amazon had never contributed more than $15,000 to a city political campaign in Seattle, but this year's different. The company is a lead funder in the Seattle Chamber of Commerce's PAC which dropped $525,000 Monday on Jenny Durkan's PAC, the centrist business candidate. Her opponent Cary Moon is an advocate for affordable housing, which complicates Amazon's growth, and city-owned community broadband. Comcast and Century Link joined Amazon contributing $25,000 and $82,500 respectively to the Chamber's PAC. Amazon's $350,000 contribution represents .00014 of its CY 2016 net profit.

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  1. Units matter! by Mycroft-X · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Amazon's $350,000 contribution represents .00014 of its CY 2016 net profit.

    .00014 what of its profit?

    1. Re:Units matter! by rmdingler · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well, I'm not certain what you're asking, but I think 14 1/hundred thousandths of $2.5 billion is $350K.

      What's truly interesting to me, is the idea this is even surprising news.

      A truly shocking story would be, "Half a trillion dollar company still refuses to influence local politics to its benefit."

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      Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

      Ernest Hemingway

  2. Super PACs by youngone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ah yes, the best government money can buy.

  3. Re:Amazon at the grass roots political level by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazon's political team: "You think those Russian bots were good at influencing elections? Those are amateur hour, man... wait until you see ours! It's not an election, it's an Alexa-ion!'

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    #DeleteChrome