Seattle

Seattle is known as a liberal city where big companies like Starbucks and Amazon are located. These companies are owned by famous liberals Howard Schultz and Jeff Bezos. The city has proposed a special tax on companies worth more than $20 million and it would cost Amazon millions of dollars. The money is to be used for low income housing so now these liberals are being asked to walk the talk. For Bezos, who is worth $120 billion, perhaps the city believes it can embarrass him to pony up. This could be the start of something brand new and open the door for cities around the country to get extra cash. It is similar to the tobacco settlement money that states received in 1998. That money was supposed to be used for health issues related to smoking but much of it was used for other purposes. Maybe the low income housing money will be used to fix roads.