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> the program is not sustainable on its own

So arrest, investigation prosecution and imprisonment of anyone who steals from Amazon is a massive subsidy, since Amazon pays no tax.




Amazon collects sales tax and most certainly pays property taxes that fund the law enforcement you are talking about.


Not to mention the money spent on funding food stamps for Amazon’s underpaid employees.


Yes. The government massively subsidises owning physical property.




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