Amazon leaving Seattle update
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It’s all a prefectly executed plan. Get a “second headquarters” then phase out the Seattle headquarters. Bezos is a libertarian. He won’t put up with seattle bullshit longer than he needs to.
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There's no income tax in the state of Washington. Bezos isn't going anywhere.MikeDamone said:It’s all a prefectly executed plan. Get a “second headquarters” then phase out the Seattle headquarters. Bezos is a libertarian. He won’t put up with seattle bullshit longer than he needs to.
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Economic illiterate heard from
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He won't move just his company.2001400ex said:
There's no income tax in the state of Washington. Bezos isn't going anywhere.MikeDamone said:It’s all a prefectly executed plan. Get a “second headquarters” then phase out the Seattle headquarters. Bezos is a libertarian. He won’t put up with seattle bullshit longer than he needs to.
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Anyone know a good realtor I could call if I need my house sold?
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He can pretend to be whatever he wants to be, but no one gives a shit because actions speak louder than words. Amazon is a class act government teat suckler, to the tune of about $1.4 billion in government subsidies -- https://goodjobsfirst.org/amazon-trackerMikeDamone said:It’s all a prefectly executed plan. Get a “second headquarters” then phase out the Seattle headquarters. Bezos is a libertarian. He won’t put up with seattle bullshit longer than he needs to.
A libertarian writes,
Subsidies are when the government takes tax money from you by force, and spends it on something you would not be willing to pay for in the free market. Subsidies support questionable or obsolete businesses in the name of the public interest because the government does not trust us to do whats good for us on our own.
-- libertarianviewpoint.com/blog/libertarian-viewpoint-on-subsidies/
Also,
"A core belief of libertarianism is that ideas will prevail in a free marketplace. And if you know about markets, you know the key to making them efficient and fair is for as many players to have as much information as possible." https://theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/16/jeff-bezos-washington-post
But how exactly do free markets square with Amazon's anti-trust activities and the fact that Amazon's intention is to BECOME the marketplace?
https://newrepublic.com/article/143376/amazon-changing-whole-concept-monopoly
https://thenation.com/article/amazon-doesnt-just-want-to-dominate-the-market-it-wants-to-become-the-market/ -
The employee tax is FS stupid and Amazon is sending the right signal with this move. Amazon isnt leaving Seattle though. They've invested too much into developing South Lake Union and they are hard wired into the Westin Data Center which is a major internet hub that you just can't pick up and move somewhere else. HQ2 will pick up employees that Seattle doesn't really have room to accommodate.
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Same old thing. If Seattle City High Council believes taxing soda pop will deter that behavior, they should not be surprised with taxing employment deters the same.
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Amazon has transformed south lake union: 12 million square feet of office space spread over 40 buildings since 2010. It has built a brand new urban campus. Both amazon and Seattle need to end the reliance on each other. A second campus in another city is the best thing for both. This has nothing to do with Seattle’s anti-free market policies however. Amazon’s Seattle corporate presence and its 30,000 Seattle employees aren’t going anywhere.RedRocket said:The employee tax is FS stupid and Amazon is sending the right signal with this move. Amazon isnt leaving Seattle though. They've invested too much into developing South Lake Union and they are hard wired into the Westin Data Center which is a major internet hub that you just can't pick up and move somewhere else. HQ2 will pick up employees that Seattle doesn't really have room to accommodate.
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I like to call workplaces 'campuses.' That's what I like to do, because I'm a retard like that.
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The goalposts keep moving. From Day 1 I said that HQ2 was subterfuge and it is
Boeing would never leave Seattle either
You keep electing morons and this is what you get.
Office space is office space and data isn't locked in a safe anymore
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Oh and microsoft would never move to India either
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It was a sad day when they started building 787s, 777s, and 737s Chicago office buildings that are now obsolete.RaceBannon said:Sure.gif
The goalposts keep moving. From Day 1 I said that HQ2 was subterfuge and it is
Boeing would never leave Seattle either
You keep electing morons and this is what you get.
Office space is office space and data isn't locked in a safe anymore
In fact office space will be like a buggy manufacturing plant in 20 years. Who works in an office anymore? Poor people? -
Who is surprised by this? @GrandpaSankey could have spotted this move coming from a mile away.
My sources tell me that this is also not a political bluff to deter the Council from approving the tax. -
Mutually adjacent office buildings situated for the purpose of a promoting an enterprise. Food courts. Child care. Dog parks. Entertainment. “Spheres” for out-of-office time. All along the same neighborhood streets. 12 million square feet of space and more being built. 30,000 employees in a handful of square blocks. Yeah, it’s a campus. Just like oregon’s but far larger and way more successful.oregonblitzkrieg said:I like to call workplaces 'campuses.' That's what I like to do, because I'm a retard like that.
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Sounds like a Company Store to me designed to exploit workersCirrhosisDawg said:
Mutually adjacent office buildings situated for the purpose of a promoting an enterprise. Food courts. Child care. Dog parks. Entertainment. “Spheres” for out-of-office time. All along the same neighborhood streets. 12 million square feet of space and more being built. 30,000 employees in a handful of square blocks. Yeah, it’s a campus. Just like oregon’s but far larger and way more successful.oregonblitzkrieg said:I like to call workplaces 'campuses.' That's what I like to do, because I'm a retard like that.
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Sure.gifRaceBannon said:
Sounds like a Company Store to me designed to exploit workersCirrhosisDawg said:
Mutually adjacent office buildings situated for the purpose of a promoting an enterprise. Food courts. Child care. Dog parks. Entertainment. “Spheres” for out-of-office time. All along the same neighborhood streets. 12 million square feet of space and more being built. 30,000 employees in a handful of square blocks. Yeah, it’s a campus. Just like oregon’s but far larger and way more successful.oregonblitzkrieg said:I like to call workplaces 'campuses.' That's what I like to do, because I'm a retard like that.
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There are still doubters among usBleachedAnusDawg said:Who is surprised by this? @GrandpaSankey could have spotted this move coming from a mile away.
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campus is for scamming on hot girls. something tells me the amazon campus is not like that.
therfore, not a campus.
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Boeing and I shared a hearty laugh over your post in the media room2001400ex said:
There's no income tax in the state of Washington. Bezos isn't going anywhere.MikeDamone said:It’s all a prefectly executed plan. Get a “second headquarters” then phase out the Seattle headquarters. Bezos is a libertarian. He won’t put up with seattle bullshit longer than he needs to.
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Bezos pays no Fed tax either using the same legal things that guys like Trump use to move losses forward.
Pretty sure Bezos has no personal income at all. At that level you don't
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Bezos goes into the office everyday. Heard he's afraid of heights and works on the 5th floor. Doesn't like elevators either so takes the stairs.RaceBannon said:Sure.gif
The goalposts keep moving. From Day 1 I said that HQ2 was subterfuge and it is
Boeing would never leave Seattle either
You keep electing morons and this is what you get.
Office space is office space and data isn't locked in a safe anymore
In fact office space will be like a buggy manufacturing plant in 20 years. Who works in an office anymore? Poor people? -
Meet Brigitte HöessCirrhosisDawg said:
Mutually adjacent office buildings situated for the purpose of a promoting an enterprise. Food courts. Child care. Dog parks. Entertainment. “Spheres” for out-of-office time. All along the same neighborhood streets. 12 million square feet of space and more being built. 30,000 employees in a handful of square blocks. Yeah, it’s a campus.oregonblitzkrieg said:I like to call workplaces 'campuses.' That's what I like to do, because I'm a retard like that.
Born Inge-Brigitt Höess on August 18, 1933, her early years were spent moving from one concentration camp to another as her father moved up the ranks of Hitler's SS.
From the age of seven until 11 she lived in a villa beside Auschwitz, where her family resided in fine style.
They were waited upon by staff – many of them prisoners – and their home was decorated with furniture and artwork stolen from prisoners as they were selected for the gas chambers.
They could even see the prisoner blocks and old crematorium from an upstairs window, but Brigitte more fondly recalls visiting the horses and German shepherds at the campus.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3105781/My-beautiful-childhood-Daughter-Rudolph-Hoess-inspired-trial-Bookkeeper-Auschwitz-talk-life-growing-concentration-camp-forgiven-Jewish-boss.html
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Tacoma will welcome them with open arms. Either that or Dallas.
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Tacoma losing All State was a big blow. The Chihuly Glass Museum is all that's left.PurpleJ said:Tacoma will welcome them with open arms. Either that or Dallas.
