The BEZOS Act is bad policy, as tying tax rates to the level of public benefits recieved by employees would lead to structural labor market discrimination against poor people, but the point of the bill isn’t to pass, it’s to start a public conversation about Amazon’s labor practices. That’s a good thing, though another problem is that the “welfare subsidizes employers, who should be the ones providing all benefits” narrative which the Act itself is based on is flawed. Focus on both policies to raise wages and policies to strengthen redistributive welfare policies, don’t try to justify raising wages through declining welfare costs just because it’s politically expedient.
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