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Anti-Amazon Graffiti Increasing In Seattle (with Photos) (geekwire.com)
Long-time Slashdot reader reifman writes: If you're eagerly awaiting your city's selection for HQ2, you may want to check out GeekWire's photo gallery of anti-Amazon graffiti images from around Seattle. Animosity towards Amazon has grown in the wake of its threats over a per head tax on employees, which the city council passed and then repealed shortly after. The tax would have increased the budget for services for our 12,000+ homeless. Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos also fought the state income tax on the wealthy in 2010.
One of my favorite bands is Rage Against the Machine. They are very anti-corporate, just like these folks. I just bought their latest album on Amazon for $18.98. Free shipping too! I like to be different and fight the power!
You... have no idea what you're talking about. The tax was not on working people, it was on businesses. The goal of the projects to be funded by the tax was not to bring in more homeless, it was to reduce homelessness. Even if those projects hadn't worked as intended (a prediction which you are unqualified to make), it's hard to believe that they would have increased Seattle's homeless population, seeing as the city already has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country.
Given that the tax only applied to companies which make $20M+ per year, and was only $275 per employee, I can't see how it would have pushed any businesses out of the city. If you found out that your electric bill was $1 more than you expected, would you move out of your house?