"Amazon’s presence in the Inland Empire is reminiscent of the company towns of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, places dominated by industries like coal, steel, lumber or textiles, in which a corporation could own and oversee an entire community" https://twitter.com/ErikaHayasaki/status/1362446005464039424
"Eastvale [Riverside County] officials told me they hardly see [sales tax revenue from the city's 2 million square feet of Amazon warehouses]. Amazon sales taxes go to the state and are then redistributed back to the counties where the orders were processed. ...
"Each county divvies up the money based on a formula. The county of Riverside, home to Eastvale, will allocate funds based on which city brings in the most revenue. ... For the third quarter of 2020, Eastvale received 2.9 percent of those funds."
"A group of students from Cajon High School recently took classes in the Amazon Logistics and Business Management Pathway, one of eight career tracks offered at the public high school ... Before Covid shut down in-person learning, I visited the campus ...
"A dozen students sat clustered at work tables inside an air-conditioned classroom, which was designed to emulate the inside of an Amazon facility. On one wall, Amazon’s giant logo grinned across a yellow and green banner. The words 'CUSTOMER OBSESSION' and 'DELIVER RESULTS.'"
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