Amazon Last Mile Delivery Stations

f you are curious about how Amazon manipulates politicians and you as a customer, you must at least skim the work of these investigative reporters.  Their published work reveals details Amazon goes at lengths to hide from the public. Then ask yourself about the...

Amazon Devastates Local Economies

FIRST READ THIS: What this report finds: When Amazon opens a new fulfillment center, the host county gains roughly 30 percent more warehousing and storage jobs but no new net jobs overall, as the jobs created in warehousing and storage are likely offset by job losses...

Amazon and Tax Myth

Amazon assures anyone who asks that they are just fulfilling the obligations that are legally required.  You don’t like it you must blame the tax codes. Amazon reported $1.7 billion in federal income tax expense in 2020 and $1.8 billion in other federal taxes,...

The Myth of Amazon Job Creation

There is this blind faith that wherever Amazon comes, jobs will be created.  It is not true.  Studies have shown over and over again that there are no net gains in jobs, In fact, at year three in almost every single location, there is no net area job gain. It disrupts...

Amazon Stifeling Jobs

Sometimes prescient studies are buried into obscurity, even though the accuracy remains current and applicable 5 years later.  That is the case here with the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-reliance. AMAZON’S STRANGLEHOLD: HOW THE COMPANY’S TIGHTENING...

Understanding How the Amazon Flex Delivery System Works

UNDERSTANDING HOW THE AMAZON FLEX DELIVERY SYSTEM WORKS April 30, 2021 As we research the effect of distribution centers, and in particular how Amazon operates as it is the apparent force behind the Hillwood proposal in Churchill, we collect background on aspects of...