Amazon, good or bad?

[BladesNBarrels]

^^ Good point. Mine go to the local animal shelter...but a good gun group would be a great idea.

Not being political, what is your recommendation for a good gun group?

[Bailey Guns]

Not being political, what is your recommendation for a good gun group?

I haven't looked at what's available thru Smile...but I searched "NRA" and several things popped up including the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund.

[William]

Not being political, what is your recommendation for a good gun group?

My smile.amazon.com is set up for: Revolutionary War Veterans Association (appleseed). Prime just is to convenient for me to boycott amazon.

[buffalobo]

My smile.amazon.com is set up for: Revolutionary War Veterans Association (appleseed). Prime just is to convenient for me to boycott amazon.

+1 on RWVA.

+1 on post. Living rural where Wal-Mart is 30 miles and any other major retailers are 50 miles away, Prime pays for itself just in gas not burned.

If you're unarmed you are a victim

[Skip]

Based on the tax breaks others are offering, I think Denver is safe (for now).


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-1...e-second-us-hq

New Jersey apparently 'wins' the prize for 'biggest tax cuts' after offering $7 billion in state and city tax credits, or roughly $140,000 per job promised by Amazon...which should be plenty to once again thrust Bezos to the top of the world's richest list. Per Reuters:

[snip]

Denver: Denver has a busy international airport and is surrounded by a highly educated workforce. It’s also home to a surge of millennials looking for high-tech and energy jobs in Colorado, and boasts an outdoorsy lifestyle that’s an easy fit for Amazon’s quality-of-life considerations. Colorado has also chosen eight sites that meet Amazon’s requirements for HQ2. Still, other cities are offering larger tax breaks than Denver.

Hard to wrap my brain around NJ's tax incentives that equal more than avg pay. NJ must have some high taxes to recover that per worker deficit.

[Rooskibar03]

Based on the tax breaks others are offering, I think Denver is safe (for now).


http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-1...e-second-us-hq




Hard to wrap my brain around NJ's tax incentives that equal more than avg pay. NJ must have some high taxes to recover that per worker deficit.

Someone correct me by NJ has some of the highest personal, income, sales, property taxes in the nation.

Also saw that rents in Denver would jump another 1.1% if Amazon came to town. That sounds light IMHO.

[Skip]

Someone correct me by NJ has some of the highest personal, income, sales, property taxes in the nation.

Also saw that rents in Denver would jump another 1.1% if Amazon came to town. That sounds light IMHO.

Very light.

If avg salaries are $100K/year it's going to push costs well above what our current median income ($62K I think) can afford.

And that $100K number is what I was talking about. A 100% tax rate doesn't recover the $140K incentive. There must be other taxes they would impose on Amazon to make up for it.