In exchange for giving Amazon about $23 million in incentives, activists wanted Arlington County to require the retail giant to pay union-level construction wages, donate to affordable housing funds or end its partnership with federal immigration authorities. “What does Amazon have to do to get $23 million from Arlington? Helen Li, 25, who helps run the account, said Arlington is “protecting Amazon, and not protecting the people who don’t speak English, the poor and working-class people here.”What does Amazon have to do to get $23 million from Arlington? The county expects $172 million in new net revenue during Amazon’s first 12 years and $315 million in net new revenue over 16 years, his statement said. “The reward of the growth for the transient occupancy tax is shared by the community, but the risk is entirely born by Amazon,” Dorsey said.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2019 18:21 UTC