[kictanet] Bernie Sanders introduces the BEZOS Act slamming Amazonlow wages

[Boniface Machuki]

This is interesting and bound to create great interesting questions: How far should a corporation go in tax arrangements? What of companies paying above industry rates? What about struggling business that can't truly pay the living wage without going under? Ship out?

Regards,
Boniface 

-----Original Message-----
From: "WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: ‎9/‎7/‎2018 10:36 PM
To: "machukib at gmail.com" <machukib at gmail.com>
Cc: "WANGARI KABIRU" <wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [kictanet] Bernie Sanders introduces the BEZOS Act slamming Amazonlow wages

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/05/bernie-sanders-introduces-the-bezos-act-slamming-amazon-low-wages.html


"Sen. Bernie Sanders' criticism of Amazon peaked Wednesday as he and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced legislation to tax corporations for every dollar that their low-wage workers receive in government health-care benefits or food stamps.
The bill, pointedly called the Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies, or BEZOS, Act, is aimed at shaming companies like Amazonand Walmart, whose workers rely on public assistance.
For months, Sanders has targeted Amazon, juxtaposing the wealth of CEO Jeff Bezos with reports that Amazon warehouse workers are paid less than industry averages and rely on food stamps.

Bezos is the richest man in the world, with a net worth of more than $168 billion.
"Our legislation gives large, profitable employers a choice: Pay workers a living wage or pay for the public assistance programs their low-wage employees are forced to depend upon," Sanders said of the proposed law.
For example, if an Amazon worker received $2,000 in food stamps, Amazon would be taxed $2,000 to cover that cost.
Amazon has previously called the Vermont independent's claims about working conditions in its fulfillment centers "inaccurate and misleading" and a spokesperson declined to further comment on the bill."






Be blessed.
Regards/Wangari
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20180909/53cf35dc/attachment.htm>