The City Council passed the tax legislation today. We have secured the funding for housing after months of focused pressure on local officials. Our work now shifts to oversight to ensure these funds are allocated toward the housing projects as promised.
June 28, 2018
Final supporters
Amazon’s threat to halt construction on a project in Seattle that would employ 7,000 people, in protest of the proposed EHT (Amazon Tax) in Seattle City Council, constitutes nothing less than extortion.
This tax is a tiny fraction of the $789 million tax cut Amazon just received from Trump, and they can absolutely afford it. Amazon is not so much concerned about the $20 million estimated amount they would have to pay annually, but the political precedent of a tax on big business and the inspiring message it would send to workers around the country. They’re instead driving forward a race to the bottom, demanding egregious tax exemptions and special deals as they search for a city to station a second headquarters.
Amazon’s threat is an attack on all workers, renters and the homeless in Seattle, and in particular on building trades workers whose jobs are being put on the block--likely because of their vocal support for this tax!
Let’s fight back and call their bluff. Come out to the final vote at Seattle City Council, and don’t let Amazon politically maneuver against the affordable housing we so desperately need.Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 7, 2018
May 6, 2018
The reach of this petition has hit a point where the City Council can no longer claim ignorance of the public stance on this tax. I am currently drafting a formal letter to council members to ensure they receive our position before the final vote session. Expect further updates regarding our presence at the upcoming hearing once the logistics are finalized.
May 4, 2018
We are approaching the 250 signature threshold which I need to present as a formal mandate to the City Council members. Please direct your contacts to the petition link immediately so we can finalize this document for our upcoming testimony.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2018
May 2, 2018
We need to hit the one hundred signature threshold before I deliver this list to the council members. Please direct your contacts to the petition link immediately so we can present a unified position at the upcoming vote.
52 Comments
They make a fortune here, and around the country. They don't pay their fair share of taxes and they distort the housing market here in Seattle. Time for them to kick in like the rest of us.
In Washington state the bottom quintile of income earners pay about 17% of their gross income in sales and other taxes and they don't have the option of bullying their way out of paying them.
Amazon has ruined seattle and has made it unaffordable for people who have lived here for decades. They need to be taxed and cannot hold our politicians hostage. This city is for the people. Not the corporation.
Outrageous that $5.6 billion in profits isn’t enough for Bezos and Amazon executives. Any politician who claims to be progressive should stand up publicly against this corporate extortion.
Companies should not own cities. Companies should not hold cities hostage with threat of revoking jobs. Especially not companies that have just gotten hundreds of million dollars in tax breaks from the federal government. This is a low move by one of the most profitable companies in the world. Expected, but low.
yeah, sorry but people this rich need to pay taxes; not lower income folks.
pay your taxes wtf!!
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The City Council passed the tax legislation today. We have secured the funding for housing after months of focused pressure on local officials. Our work now shifts to oversight to ensure these funds are allocated toward the housing projects as promised.
June 28, 2018
Final supporters
Amazon’s threat to halt construction on a project in Seattle that would employ 7,000 people, in protest of the proposed EHT (Amazon Tax) in Seattle City Council, constitutes nothing less than extortion.
This tax is a tiny fraction of the $789 million tax cut Amazon just received from Trump, and they can absolutely afford it. Amazon is not so much concerned about the $20 million estimated amount they would have to pay annually, but the political precedent of a tax on big business and the inspiring message it would send to workers around the country. They’re instead driving forward a race to the bottom, demanding egregious tax exemptions and special deals as they search for a city to station a second headquarters.
Amazon’s threat is an attack on all workers, renters and the homeless in Seattle, and in particular on building trades workers whose jobs are being put on the block--likely because of their vocal support for this tax!
Let’s fight back and call their bluff. Come out to the final vote at Seattle City Council, and don’t let Amazon politically maneuver against the affordable housing we so desperately need.Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 7, 2018
May 6, 2018
The reach of this petition has hit a point where the City Council can no longer claim ignorance of the public stance on this tax. I am currently drafting a formal letter to council members to ensure they receive our position before the final vote session. Expect further updates regarding our presence at the upcoming hearing once the logistics are finalized.
May 4, 2018
We are approaching the 250 signature threshold which I need to present as a formal mandate to the City Council members. Please direct your contacts to the petition link immediately so we can finalize this document for our upcoming testimony.
Reached 100 supporters
May 3, 2018
May 2, 2018
We need to hit the one hundred signature threshold before I deliver this list to the council members. Please direct your contacts to the petition link immediately so we can present a unified position at the upcoming vote.
52 Comments
Amazon succeeds because of Seattle infrastructure. It's past time to contribute some if that success to helping Seattle!
They make a fortune here, and around the country. They don't pay their fair share of taxes and they distort the housing market here in Seattle. Time for them to kick in like the rest of us.
In Washington state the bottom quintile of income earners pay about 17% of their gross income in sales and other taxes and they don't have the option of bullying their way out of paying them.
Amazon has ruined seattle and has made it unaffordable for people who have lived here for decades. They need to be taxed and cannot hold our politicians hostage. This city is for the people. Not the corporation.
Outrageous that $5.6 billion in profits isn’t enough for Bezos and Amazon executives. Any politician who claims to be progressive should stand up publicly against this corporate extortion.
Companies should not own cities. Companies should not hold cities hostage with threat of revoking jobs. Especially not companies that have just gotten hundreds of million dollars in tax breaks from the federal government. This is a low move by one of the most profitable companies in the world. Expected, but low.
yeah, sorry but people this rich need to pay taxes; not lower income folks.
pay your taxes wtf!!
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Amazon succeeds because of Seattle infrastructure. It's past time to contribute some if that success to helping Seattle!