Bernie is on the Senate floor posting pictures of Jeff Bezos' assets and demanding we stop giving him so much damn money

[struth]

No one argues it isn't. I am arguing it is unfair as not all businesses will get the same breaks and subsidies. Do you support the government picking winners and losers in business or should there be a level playing field?

what law is specific to Amazon that allows them to get breaks?

 

[Grumblenuts]

If it's legal it's not avoidance it's just a deduction

Link?

 

[Blues Man]

No, it's an outdated price just as the article states........but again, that was one instance.

It's called bulk rates.

There isn't a business out there that doesn't offer reduced rates to customers that buy in bulk

The Post office makes a PROFIT on Amazon's business therefore it ain't a "subsidy"

 

[Grumblenuts]

And yet you cannot tell me how much money in subsidies the US GOVERNMENT has given Amazon

And you can? Keep demanding answers. You'll get far.. some day..

 

[Blues Man]

And you can?

I'm not the one saying they are getting subsidies from the federal government YOU are

 

[Grumblenuts]

I'm not the one saying they are getting subsidies from the federal government YOU are

Link?

 

[pknopp]

It's called bulk rates.

There isn't a business out there that doesn't offer reduced rates to customers that buy in bulk

The Post office makes a PROFIT on Amazon's business therefore it ain't a "subsidy"

They aren't making a profit.

U.S. Postal Service reports $4.9 billion 2021 net loss

 

[Blues Man]

They aren't making a profit.

U.S. Postal Service reports $4.9 billion 2021 net loss

That's because of the bloated pension funds of the USPS.

And I said that they make a profit on AMAZON"S business with them which means that Amazon pays the USPS MORE than what it costs the USPS to deliver packages for Amazon

You do realize that a business can make a profit from a customer and still lose money overall because of poor management don't you?

So what you are really confirming here is that the post office is a poorly run business.

 

[pknopp]

That's because of the bloated pension funds of the USPS.

It's also because of out dated pricing as the article noted.

But again, it's one example. Others have been provided also.......but you'll make your excuses no matter what.

 

[Blues Man]

It's also because of out dated pricing as the article noted.

But again, it's one example. Others have been provided also.......but you'll make your excuses no matter what.

Still not a subsidy

It's a business decision made by the Post Office in order to get business it would lose to other carriers.

So once again we see that your argument is really that the post office is a poorly run business.

BTW the post off actually receives subsidies from our Federal tax dollars

USPS Has Received Over $45 Billion from Taxpayers to Reduce the Cost of Junk Mail, Killing Billions of Trees

100 million trees and $178 billion worth of time could be saved every year by not subsidizing junk mail.

thinkbynumbers.org

 

[Grumblenuts]

Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars

The tech giant has received more than $1 billion in tax breaks. The government is also funding food stamps for many of its workers.

newrepublic.com

 

[Blues Man]

Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars

The tech giant has received more than $1 billion in tax breaks. The government is also funding food stamps for many of its workers.

newrepublic.com

From STATE governments.

What a state does is their business. Or don't you think States Rights matter?

 

[Blues Man]

Which Companies Get the Most Federal Subsidies?

A new report tallies federal grants and tax credits across more than 100 different programs.

www.governing.com

Where is Amazon on that list?

 

[Grumblenuts]

Congress passes $50 bln U.S. Postal Service relief bill

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to provide the long loss-making Postal Service (USPS) with about $50 billion in financial relief over a decade and require its future retirees to enroll in a government health insurance plan.

www.reuters.com

 

[Grumblenuts]

What a state does is their business.

Obviously not that simple whenever federal funding is involved.

 

[Blues Man]

Obviously not that simple whenever federal funding is involved.

Not if that federal funding doesn't go directly to Amazon it's not.

 

[Grumblenuts]

Not if that federal funding doesn't go directly to Amazon it's not.

What's not what? Coherent much? Find yourself behaving like a knee-jerk apologist for multinational corporations much?

 

[LeftofLeft]

Amazon Avoids More Than $5 Billion in Corporate Income Taxes, Reports 6 Percent Tax Rate on $35 Billion of US Income

Amazon avoided about $5.2 billion of federal income tax on its record $36 billion in U.S. pretax income for fiscal year 2021.

itep.org

From a behavior and legal perspective, how is Amazon’s “avoidance” -as described in your source- any different than the “avoidance” John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, and Bill Clinton engage when it comes to paying taxes and taking advantage of tax breaks?

 

[Blues Man]

What's not what? Coherent much? Find yourself behaving like a knee-jerk apologist for multinational corporations much?

Excuse the fuck out of me

replace not with is

 

[Grumblenuts]

Excuse the fuck out of me

replace not with is

No.