Amazon just announced that they made $2.5 billion in profits last quarter. Why does Jeff Bezos...

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

And they are about to double-dip:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210901551

[LisaM]

1. Why do people continue to shop with Amazon?

It's a question I ask myself time and time again. I don't get it. We know that they mistreat their warehouse workers. And I'm sure the effect of Prime - this instantaneous gratification - makes it worse. How do people justify the relatively minimal savings on items knowing that someone is running around in an overheated warehouse to get it to them a little faster, and that the same person is likely searched on the way in and out of work, and on breaks?

[liberalmuse]

2. I canceled Prime yesterday.

Wish I had done it sooner. Bezos got idiots from the working class to petition for him (I saw them at my post office in camouflage jackets) so he and other corporations don't have to pay their fair share (via a head tax) in Seattle. In the meantime, he reaps the benefits of having his headquarters here, but the people who can no longer afford housing sure as hell aren't, and many are now out on the streets.

[LisaM]

3. Yeah, I live in Seattle. OTOH, Dick's Drive In, and other business I like

were also against the head tax, and their opinion held more weight with me.

The fact remains that the tech companies are forcing unchecked development, straining all our resources, and refusing to pay their fair share. If we even had a state income tax, it would make an enormous difference. The quality of life for everyone except the very rich and the recent transplants making high salaries has gone down. The commute is a misery. The trash on the streets and the homelessness is an embarrassment.

So, no Amazon for me.

[mucifer]

4. Yup and places like uber and air b and b are deregulating businesses

[LisaM]

5. I boycott them too.

Not that it helps any!