Comments by "" (@thehumanity0) on "Sen. Bernie Sanders: Amazon has gotten too big" video.

+ Wendell - Also, the fact that they are paying almost nothing in taxes is hugely problematic as well. They made a wildly successful profit of $5.6 billion last year (2017). That's billion with a capital "B" and that's not revenue that's *profits*. And then after making money like that they STILL only paid things like payroll and sales tax, but didn't pay a dime in federal corporate tax and got out of most of their state taxes due to incentives and other loopholes. They don't even need to hide their money in the Cayman Islands either, because their global headquarters is officially located in the tax safe haven country of Luxembourg, which is just as bad as the Cayman Islands, and Amazon only has 1,500 employees total working there when they have 40,000 in their Seattle location and hundreds of thousands working in the rest of America. On top of all of that, they pay their workers like crap and a study showed that 1 in every 10 Amazon workers are using government assistant programs like food stamps to get by. THIS all from a company owned by the richest man in the world and record breaking profits. They pay next to nothing in corporate taxes while my company is forced to pay all of my taxes, because I can't afford a CPA that specializes in dodging taxes for me, and many of those loopholes are geared towards gigantic monopolies anyways considering Amazon had to setup their headquarters in Luxembourg for their biggest (and most unethical) tax break they benefit from. It should rightfully be the other way around where smaller companies can get away with paying next to nothing in taxes until they begin to see higher profits or profits at all. It just makes absolutely no sense and tells you all you need to know about the massive corruption in this country.
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+Michael Lieske - Bernie will definitely run as a Democrat again. You ask why? It's because our political system is so flawed that only the two parties matter. It's sad but true, and Bernie or anyone else for that matter would never have a chance as a third party candidate. Ron Paul had been trying at it for his entire life and never amounted to anything. Bernie will likely win this time as the Democratic nominee though. The only one that is even remotely able to primary him is Biden, and Biden has a lot of issues. Touching little girls for starters.
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+Wendell - I honestly don't know what he meant by the "taking away of healthcare and education" part either, but as far as I know that's not really true unless I'm missing something. Other than that though, Amazon has created a very hostile work environment for its employees, which I think is what most people are referring to. There have been a number of stories that have come out about how Amazon workers on all levels are overworked and are basically working so hard in certain ways that its an ethical violation against workers rights. For instance, the Amazon delivery drivers have to meet certain quotas or they're deducted in pay or punished in some way, so they found out that many drivers have started to piss in open bottles in their trucks so they don't have to stop to use the bathroom, which would interfere with their delivery schedule. Another instance is that apparently middle to upper management employees are in hostile work environments because the workers are pushed to berate each other and punish each other verbally for certain work or ideas that are not up to Amazon's standards. Apparently they are encouraged to be unhealthily competitive for promotions and jobs and are pinned against one another that, according to this report I'm referring to, has caused mental instability and extreme stress for many of the employees that many workers are sometimes found sobbing at their desks and such. See, worker reviews like these do not give the impression of a healthy work environment say what you will.
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+Vam Monaco - Yeah except Bernie actually means it when he says "stuff", whereas Trump doesn't mean anything ever unless it has to do with giving the rich handouts or corporate welfare for Goldman Sachs, Oil Industries, or military contractors like Halliburton and Boeing. Trump just made Amazon 15% richer last December with one version of those corporate handouts, so excuse us all if we are skeptical to think he will actually help with the problem.
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