Re: Rotterdam to demolish part of historic bridge so Jeff Bezos huge yacht can pass through [Feb. 2, Amazon]:
Rotterdam’s dismantling of a bridge to allow Jeff Bezos superyacht to pass is a bit outrageous.
Such concentrated wealth is the reason why the ferry system in Puget Sound is so constrained by a shortage of vessels and staff.
Amazon had an advantage over brick and mortar bookstores in the first years of selling books. However, online sales are not taxed. In subsequent years, Amazon and Bezos neither paid the same amount of taxes to this state as they did in the first year. A letter to The Seattle Times editor criticizing Amazon and Bezos was sent recently asking where we would have been without Amazon in this pandemic. [Billionaires: World is richer for their innovations, Dec. 14, Northwest Voices]. Come on.
Amazon did not invent ecommerce, but it did take it to the extreme. Where would we be? We would probably be less wasteful if we had less junk products. Our poor Earth is being destroyed by the worship of money.
Kate Bradley, Sammamish
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