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Amazon head tax reversed

Jed Kim Jun 13, 2018
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Amazon head tax reversed

Jed Kim Jun 13, 2018
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Last month the Seattle city council voted unanimously for a head tax – a set fee that bigger companies would have to pay for each of their employees. The tax was meant to raise funds to address homelessness and help create more affordable housing in a city where both have become problems. Then yesterday that same city council changed its mind.

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