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Comment by jetcata | Hacker News Reader

The level of greed that Amazon and Bezos continue to demonstrate is sickening.

He's doing what most companies do: try to reduce their legal tax liability. If CEO's didn't do this, the boards of these companies would replace them with someone that will do it.

You are blaming Bezos and an entity for standard corporate fair. That's a symptom of the problem.

I can hate the players that rig the game, thanks.

And in doing so you become part of the problem. Amazon never rigged the game. The game has been the same for long before Amazon existed, they are simply playing by the rules.

Personally I think it's cool to hate the players and the game. If you make the choice to play an odious game, you're still responsible for the results of you following the rules.

Yeah, well when the outcome of the game is riches and the outcome of not playing it is being able to pat yourself on the back I think those patting themselves on the back are going to find they are in an extreme minority.

And odious is just hyperbolic. They are getting tax allowances, not sacrificing babies.

Still, it's a game that should be stopped. The federal government should stop things like this from happening, as it extracts value from local governments and gives it to corporations

It does NOT extract local value... it reduces Amazon's tax burden in exchange for high paying, highly taxed jobs. There's no money being paid to Amazon.

The state should appoint companies past a certain size a board member. It is not like taxes are unnecessary.

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