amazon ceo gives $2.5m to eefebd same.sex marriage

[teflep]

www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57481386/amazon-ceo-gives-$2.5m-to-defend-same-sex-marriage/?tag=strip

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[Deleted]

Good timing! I was planning on making an Amazon order, but now I will make it today.

[bqbride]

Well, this makes me feel moderately better about my raging amazon addiction. I dont know what i would do if they were on the other side of this issue. I would have to start shopping again in actual stores. The horror!

[Knight]

Last month Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder Bill Gates each donated $100,000 to support the law.

I have no doubt that he and his wife support same-sex marriage but do you think maybe he was saying, "Suck it, Gates"?

[ttt]

So now I have to decide if I care more about gay marriage or workers rights.

[EllieArroway]

Jul 28, 2012 10:39:50 GMT -5 ttt said:

So now I have to decide if I care more about gay marriage or workers rights.

Did you see that Amazon is paying college tuition for their employees now? I think they are doing a lot better on the workers' rights thing.

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Jul 28, 2012 10:49:11 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

Jul 28, 2012 10:39:50 GMT -5 ttt said:

So now I have to decide if I care more about gay marriage or workers rights.

Did you see that Amazon is paying college tuition for their employees now? I think they are doing a lot better on the workers' rights thing.

I'm happy they've agreed to start collecting sales tax in 2014, but they are advertising positions here for their warehouses paying $11/hr.

So as a taxpayer, I'm subsidizing their warehouse's and their employees make so little their kids qualify for Tenncare.

[Kore]

Jul 28, 2012 8:18:29 GMT -5 @bqbride said:

Well, this makes me feel moderately better about my raging amazon addiction. I dont know what i would do if they were on the other side of this issue. I would have to start shopping again in actual stores. The horror!

Right? I'm become too spoiled by regular deliveries of TP straight to my front door.

[EllieArroway]

Jul 28, 2012 10:55:28 GMT -5 @septimus said:

Jul 28, 2012 10:49:11 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

Did you see that Amazon is paying college tuition for their employees now? I think they are doing a lot better on the workers' rights thing.

I'm happy they've agreed to start collecting sales tax in 2014, but they are advertising positions here for their warehouses paying $11/hr.

So as a taxpayer, I'm subsidizing their warehouse's and their employees make so little their kids qualify for Tenncare.

But is that really all that different than other companies? I live in the land of Tyson and Walmart and I know their employees don't really make a living wage either.

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Jul 28, 2012 11:02:55 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

Jul 28, 2012 10:55:28 GMT -5 @septimus said:

I'm happy they've agreed to start collecting sales tax in 2014, but they are advertising positions here for their warehouses paying $11/hr.

So as a taxpayer, I'm subsidizing their warehouse's and their employees make so little their kids qualify for Tenncare.

But is that really all that different than other companies? I live in the land of Tyson and Walmart and I know their employees don't really make a living wage either.

i generally don't have a problem with the state giving incentives to employers who pay a living wage like Nissan, GM, Jackson Life, etc but I do have a problem with the state paying to attract low-wage jobs.

[thejackpot]

My money is really quite a powerful tool