I got a letter from the Tax Amazon campign this morning. It is good news.
"Today,
the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 in its Budget Committee for an
Amazon Tax that will raise $240 million annually. This historic victory,
though not yet final, is the result of determined class struggle by our
democratically-organized grassroots campaign, including 27,000
signatures on our ballot initiative to Tax Amazon. The tax applies to
the top 3% of corporations, with Amazon paying the largest share, and
will go toward a major expansion of affordable housing in a city with
sky high rents and a long history of racist gentrification. "
Affordable housing at the expense of Amazon is an excellent achievement. The fat cats need to be expropriated.
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