Promising Billions to Amazon: Is It a Good Deal for Cities?
It fascinates me that Americans tolerate this kind of behavior.<p>This is an extremely rich and profitable company negotiating so they can get out of paying taxes they and everyone else are ordinarily obligated to pay. Why anyone thinks that is OK shocks me.<p>Do small businesses get out of paying these taxes? do individuals?<p>Why does a multi-billion dollar company not have to contribute their legally-obligated share to society?<p>It shocks and staggers me because at the end of the day it&#x27;s regular citizens and American society in general that suffers. There is less money for teachers, schools, police, roads, drinking water and all the things these tax dollars are supposed to pay for while a company that already has hundreds of billions gets to keep all that money.<p>There is no need to wonder why America has crumbling infrastructure, no universal healthcare, sky-rocketing education expenses, etc. etc. etc.