Politics Thread

**paulxu** · 04-08-2018, 06:56 AM

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I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!

So, it turns out that Amazon actually charges and collects state sales tax in all 45 states where there is a sales tax. Trump's online sales organization collects it for 2 states. Of course.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-o...42739?mod=e2tw

PT was right. You CAN fool some of the people, all of the time.

**bobbiemcgee** · 04-08-2018, 04:34 PM

"Amazon.com Inc. is profitable for the U.S. Postal Service, former Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe “unequivocally stated” to UBS analysts, according to a Thursday note, contradicting tweets from President Donald Trump."

bigdiggins · 04-08-2018, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by bobbiemcgee

"Amazon.com Inc. is profitable for the U.S. Postal Service, former Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe “unequivocally stated” to UBS analysts, according to a Thursday note, contradicting tweets from President Donald Trump."

Gross profit is solid on parcels. Would be interested to see if they allocate any overhead to the segment.

**waggy** · 04-08-2018, 06:28 PM

The postal service is taxpayer funded and not anywhere close to a real business model. Just look to Fedex and UPS pricing for what it actually costs to move a package. Amazon probably shouldn't highlight it's relationship with the USPS as some great thing for the American citizen.

**Masterofreality** · 04-23-2018, 08:18 AM

Oh yeah. That Bezos is a real prince:
Last Wednesday Amazon also disclosed another number that shows how much it relies on an army of people moving physical merchandise around the world: $28,446. Just a reminder that this means half of Amazon's workers make more than $28,446, and half make less. That is below the 2017 US Poverty level if you have a family of 5. So, I guess that's another way to force birth control on the populace.
That's the median annual compensation of Amazon employees. Amazon reported this number for the first time under a new requirement that companies disclose the gap between pay for the rank-and-file and the person in the corner office. (Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, reported total compensation of $1.68 million last year.

Median employee pay at select companies
McDonald's (restaurants only)- $7,000
Marathon Petroleum- $21,000
Amazon- $28,400
Hasbro- $74,200
AMD- $89,900
Verizon- $126,600
Facebook- $240,400

Good job Mr. Point the Finger Pontificator thru what has become your trash Washington Post!!
“Fair Wage for All!!”

#Charlatan

**X-man** · 04-23-2018, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Masterofreality

Oh yeah. That Bezos is a real prince:
Last Wednesday Amazon also disclosed another number that shows how much it relies on an army of people moving physical merchandise around the world: $28,446. Just a reminder that this means half of Amazon's workers make more than $28,446, and half make less. That is below the 2017 US Poverty level if you have a family of 5. So, I guess that's another way to force birth control on the populace.
That's the median annual compensation of Amazon employees. Amazon reported this number for the first time under a new requirement that companies disclose the gap between pay for the rank-and-file and the person in the corner office. (Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, reported total compensation of $1.68 million last year.

Median employee pay at select companies
McDonald's (restaurants only)- $7,000
Marathon Petroleum- $21,000
Amazon- $28,400
Hasbro- $74,200
AMD- $89,900
Verizon- $126,600
Facebook- $240,400

Good job Mr. Point the Finger Pontificator thru what has become your trash Washington Post!!
“Fair Wage for All!!”

#Charlatan

Wow what a surprising post, MOR. I always had you pegged as a free market guy rather than a socialist. Are you claiming that Bezos is not paying market wages? Do you want a higher minimum wage? Or do you just think Bezos should pay more than the market requires? And finally, where is the Post's position laid out on the market wage issue? I assume you have evidence given your last sentence above.

**Masterofreality** · 04-24-2018, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by X-man

Wow what a surprising post, MOR. I always had you pegged as a free market guy rather than a socialist. Are you claiming that Bezos is not paying market wages? Do you want a higher minimum wage? Or do you just think Bezos should pay more than the market requires? And finally, where is the Post's position laid out on the market wage issue? I assume you have evidence given your last sentence above.

Bezos pays his workers trash. Period. How do you know what the "market requires"? Aren't you one of the $15/hour minimum wage crowd? Does the "market require" that? Since Bezos has taken over the Post, they have become leftist propaganda that loses all balance. Hell, if Bozos (spelling intentional) went to a $15/hour rate and assuming he didn't cut his workers' hours, all of a sudden his folks get almost a $3,000 yearly raise. Yeah, here's an example of what shows up on the Post Opinion page about a $15/hour rate:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3...HhzZV_rVZUIbWg

Oh, and what does Bozos' Post Opinion say about the bonuses that companies have been giving out to employees after the tax cut bill- Bonuses that Bozos' Companies DID NOT participate in? A lot more trash:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3...bTeHB0e0BOg9_Q

Make no mistake. Charlatan Bozos is trash and so is his yellow journalistic paper.

And I anxiously await the next post on here by XMan or some other leftist about the "Awful imbalance between the worker and the CEO who's inflated pay borders on criminal". #Bozos $1.68 million

**X-man** · 04-24-2018, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Masterofreality

Bezos pays his workers trash. Period. How do you know what the "market requires"? Aren't you one of the $15/hour minimum wage crowd? Does the "market require" that? Since Bezos has taken over the Post, they have become leftist propaganda that loses all balance. Hell, if Bozos (spelling intentional) went to a $15/hour rate and assuming he didn't cut his workers' hours, all of a sudden his folks get almost a $3,000 yearly raise. Yeah, here's an example of what shows up on the Post Opinion page about a $15/hour rate:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3...HhzZV_rVZUIbWg

Oh, and what does Bozos' Post Opinion say about the bonuses that companies have been giving out to employees after the tax cut bill- Bonuses that Bozos' Companies DID NOT participate in? A lot more trash:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3...bTeHB0e0BOg9_Q

Make no mistake. Charlatan Bozos is trash and so is his yellow journalistic paper.

And I anxiously await the next post on here by XMan or some other leftist about the "Awful imbalance between the worker and the CEO who's inflated pay borders on criminal". #Bozos $1.68 million

You are the one making the charge against Bezos. Please share with us your evidence that Bezos isn't just being a free market employer with the salaries he pays. Absent such evidence, you are either being a hypocrite by attacking him while claiming to be a free market backer or you are in fact not the free market supporter you claim to be. In the latter case, please tell us all what Bezos should be paying his employees. And while you're at it, tell us what our president should be paying his hotel employees (the ones with comparable skill sets to the vast majority of Amazon employees). Thanks.