(02-15-2019, 04:16 PM)G.Irish Wrote:(02-15-2019, 03:43 PM)Apoc Wrote:(02-15-2019, 03:05 PM)G.Irish Wrote: I don't see what the point is of taking your ball and going home just because some mean old politicians and disgruntled citizens said mean things about your company.
Perhaps you forgot the failed Head Tax for large Seattle employers that was championed by the most vocal opponent of Amazon on the city council? Words today; policy tomorrow.
Was there extended saber rattling about that? Didn't it get struck down fairly quickly?
Yes, probably a year's worth. It got revoked by the same people that passed it because the opposition raised enough signatures in a few days to put it to public vote. Most of the city council members who voted for and then revoked it have decided not to run for re-election. The original champion of it is one of the few running for reelection. Her language is more extreme than AOC because she's a socialist, but they sound very similar.
Seattle City Council also passed an income tax on high earners, that was struck down for being unconstitutional at the state level (municipalities are banned from enacting such laws).
Words matter.
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