03-29-2018, 12:52 PM
(03-29-2018, 12:39 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Saw this article and found it interesting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-taxes.html
Now, I have my issues with Amazon, and were it no so damned convenient I would jettison them from my life. I don't think they pay enough in taxes, or enough to the USPS, or think that cities should be bending over backwards to give them tax breaks to allow them to come to set up shop in their borders. What I find interesting in this isn't even that the ire seems to be really rooted in the WaPo connection. My interest lies in his commentary during the debates when, called out for paying little to no taxes, he said that was "smart."
He's not wrong, that is how the system works and I don't begrudge anyone that follows the laws and does that. I think those loopholes should be closed. But he isn't doing that. He pushed a tax bill through that made corporations pay less in taxes. He isn't closing these gaps, he is increasing them. He only seems to be in favor of a market economy for those he agrees with. This is a dangerous path to go down.
He is simply going after Amazon because their CEO has been outspoken about Trump. There are many large companies that don't pay enough in taxes including Trump and his own companies, however they haven't been as vocal against Trump and therefor they are not on his target to make an example of. The guy is petty, that is about the extent of this. Should Amazon pay more? Of course they should but so should many other companies, but that isn't what Trump's administration has shown they want to do as far as corporate Taxes.
