"Trump escalates attack on Amazon, slams it on taxes, shipping"

[archives]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKBN1H51PY

When was the last time a sitting President personally singled out and attacked a successful American business by name? What happened to the praise of capitalism?

Amazing part is is biggest complaint is they don't pay tax, the guy who lies about and refuses to allow anyone to peak at his tax returns for obvious reasons is hitting on a successful American company for not paying taxes? Didn't he tell us one time he "was smart" for skirting taxes?

States are currently competing heavily to have Amazon come to their State and the President is tearing down the same entity, couldn't it be that the owner of Amazon is also the owner of the Washington Post now could it?

[ThatOwlWoman]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKBN1H51PY

When was the last time a sitting President personally singled out and attacked a successful American business by name? What happened to the praise of capitalism?

Amazing part is is biggest complaint is they don't pay tax, the guy who lies about and refuses to allow anyone to peak at his tax returns for obvious reasons is hitting on a successful American company for not paying taxes? Didn't he tell us one time he "was smart" for skirting taxes?

States are currently competing heavily to have Amazon come to their State and the President is tearing down the same entity, couldn't it be that the owner of Amazon is also the owner of the Washington Post now could it?

He is beyond belief. Quite a few very large U.S. corporations pay little to no taxes -- why isn't he going after *them*? And what about that whole "job creators" thing that he promoted tax cuts for? Fortunately for both Amazon and everyone else, he can bloviate on this all he wants but he has no power to do anything specifically to Amazon w/o including all the other business entities that likewise do not pay taxes.

[Bourbon]

He's Fucking with someone who can out spend him.

[tsuke]

maybe if we did this to walmart smaller business would still be in tact.

[cawacko]

He's Fucking with someone who can out spend him.

No one can out spend the U.S. federal government

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maybe if we did this to walmart smaller business would still be in tact.

It's not about Amazon, that's a new thread, but the Chief Exexutive of the United States singling out and personally attacking an American company, especially when he is attacking them for the very practices he not only himself does but actually praised as "smart" business

[Bourbon]

No one can out spend the U.S. federal government

Trump isn't the US Government, nor does he allocate funds ... as he's finding out.

[archives]

No one can out spend the U.S. federal government

So your implying that it is copacetic for the President to employ the power of the Federal Gov't on his own personal vendettas?

[tsuke]

It's not about Amazon, that's a new thread, but the Chief Exexutive of the United States singling out and personally attacking an American company, especially when he is attacking them for the very practices he not only himself does but actually praised as "smart" business

something cuold be smart for a business man to do but is not helpful for the country as a whole. Businesses try and get advantages over other businesses all the time.

[cawacko]

Trump isn't the US Government, nor does he allocate funds ... as he's finding out.

Ask Rockefeller how that worked out for him. If the govt wants to come after you for anti competitive practices their funds are almost limitless

[cawacko]

So your implying that it is copacetic for the President to employ the power of the Federal Gov't on his own personal vendettas?

No, I'm saying Jeff Bezos can't outspend the U.S. federal government

[Bourbon]

Ask Rockefeller how that worked out for him. If the govt wants to come after you for anti competitive practices their funds are almost limitless

Donald Trump and The Republican Party is in Charge of Government ... if anything bad happens, you know who's in charge.

[Bourbon]

No, I'm saying Jeff Bezos can't outspend the U.S. federal government

Jeff Bezos has the Law on his side and he can fight back with more than 600,000 Employee Votes

What are we advocating for Winners and Losers all of a sudden?

[cawacko]

Donald Trump and The Republican Party is in Charge of Government ... if anything bad happens, you know who's in charge.

That's irrelevant to the amount of resources each party has

[cawacko]

Jeff Bezos has the Law on his side and he can fight back with more than 600,000 Employee Votes

What are we advocating for Winners and Losers all of a sudden?

I'm not advocating anything. I love Amazon and use the site all the time. Nor should Trump be attacking them. I simply reponded to your comment about money. No individual (or company) can out resource the federal gov't