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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

5/15/18 A&G Hr. 2 Extortion in Seattle?

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

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Society & Culture, Daily News, News

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Seattle's Homeless Tax has been approved, but some are still not happy--is it extortion? (no). Also happening on this episode of Armstrong & Getty, plenty of flossing and a Late Night Joke Off.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Music

0:20.0

Keith Stunkey says protesters should be careful what they wish for.

0:24.0

If they keep pushing companies like Amazon, they could.

0:28.0

Emma Boy, you can't hide.

0:30.0

I wouldn't want to take that chance.

0:32.0

Stand up, fight back!

0:34.0

That's exactly what frustrates Tiffany McCoy.

0:36.0

Amazon paused two construction projects pending the tax vote.

0:40.0

And what they're doing is what is a tried and true tactic of the bosses.

0:43.0

It's pitting workers against workers against their own class interests.

0:47.0

Wow, so you've got Marxists marching in Seattle and people taking them seriously.

0:53.0

And this one gal who this city councilwoman who is just a treat, well she's a Marxist.

1:00.0

Amazon has announced, well wait a minute.

1:03.0

If you're going to hit us with tens of millions of dollars in extra taxes, keeping in mind, that's on top of payroll taxes, sales taxes, property taxes,

1:14.0

and Amazon owns dizzying amounts of property.

1:17.0

And all the sales taxes that all their employees generate, the rest of it, all the economic activity.

1:22.0

If you're going to hit us with 50, 60, 70 million dollars in extra taxes, just because we're creating jobs,

1:28.0

we're going to halt a couple of construction projects.

1:31.0

We're not sure we want to expand here.

1:33.0

And this, uh, so on woman, what's her name?

1:36.0

Shama, so on.

1:39.0

Sh was shrieking at the city council meeting.

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