<![CDATA[Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write.]]>Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. You can tell because the body of the story keeps having asides that contradict the entire thesis: answer to headline is NO https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/politics/seattle-mayor-tax-the-rich-starbucks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jFA.kD-q.Gb7pC_8u5Zj8&smid=nytcore-ios-share cc @rottenindenmark

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7b9b9c65-32ef-4e58-a2c7-f8b0be1ea343/sorry-to-these-two-reporters-but-this-article-is-clearly-something-they-were-given-a-specific-direction-to-write.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 21:46:11 GMTSun, 17 May 2026 17:10:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Mon, 18 May 2026 15:18:22 GMT]]>@glennf How capitalists are approaching labor in the modern era:

"Having to hire human workers who might have pesky demands for more pay, better hours, or better working conditions is but a nuisance to them. They want to streamline their businesses by - ideally - not needing to hire humans at all. They are being sold a dream of a 100% agent operated business where they purchase tokens instead of labor hours, and at a fraction of the cost. After all, agents won’t ever try to unionize. They don’t need weekends off. They don’t get sick or fall pregnant. They can’t strike. They won’t fight back."


https://www.dialecticsofdecline.com/p/ai-is-destroying-the-career-i-once

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/116596244659334895https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/116596244659334895Mon, 18 May 2026 15:18:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Mon, 18 May 2026 03:08:54 GMT]]>@glennf agility is mba speak for “blood”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/TSindelar/statuses/116593376260415488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/TSindelar/statuses/116593376260415488Mon, 18 May 2026 03:08:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Mon, 18 May 2026 03:02:32 GMT]]>@patrick @glennf ironically US companies in the EU are also much better to their workers than they are in the states.

This is because the companies aren’t doing it out of their good heart. They are doing it because they have to by law.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/707Kat/statuses/116593351206488029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/707Kat/statuses/116593351206488029Mon, 18 May 2026 03:02:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Mon, 18 May 2026 02:54:48 GMT]]>@glennf I enjoyed hearing what financial social media person, Ramit Sethi had to say on this. I am paraphrasing.....What's the point of being rich if you do not live where you want to live because of some extremist belief about taxes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nomdeb/statuses/116593320825391607https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nomdeb/statuses/116593320825391607Mon, 18 May 2026 02:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 20:12:51 GMT]]>@pgor I hadn’t listened, but have read a lot about that. Will need to put in my queue!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591740307500098https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591740307500098Sun, 17 May 2026 20:12:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 19:07:45 GMT]]>@glennf You might know this already, but KUOW’s “Booming” had an informative episode showing that millionaire flight is a nothing burger. https://overcast.fm/+ABGMZbyCBBI

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pgor/statuses/116591484319616229https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/pgor/statuses/116591484319616229Sun, 17 May 2026 19:07:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 19:02:55 GMT]]>@glennf @707Kat Yes. Doesn't necessarily help their US branches, though. VW in 2014 approved of unionization in Tennessee, but can't have that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_and_unions#Chattanooga,_Tennessee

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.social/users/patrick/statuses/116591465287528335https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.social/users/patrick/statuses/116591465287528335Sun, 17 May 2026 19:02:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:13:53 GMT]]>@glennf as it turns out, when you have more money than you could ever spend, taxes at any level don’t change that fact

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/darkuncle/statuses/116591272511607811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/darkuncle/statuses/116591272511607811Sun, 17 May 2026 18:13:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:11:40 GMT]]>@suzannealdrich Yes, exactly. I'm trolling.

@glennf

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591263763267589https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591263763267589Sun, 17 May 2026 18:11:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:09:49 GMT]]>@adamshostack @glennf wasn’t there a whole merger with McDonnell Douglas that happened many years ago, causing the shift at Boeing, and has literally nothing to do with the new mayor? Wtf is wrong with journalism. Stop trying to push the billionaire line New York times.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/116591256516667984https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/116591256516667984Sun, 17 May 2026 18:09:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:59:50 GMT]]>@glennf Several EU countries implement this approach in different variations. I just mention Denmark, because the term was coined by their former prime minister in the 90s.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/707Kat/statuses/116591217221629831https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/707Kat/statuses/116591217221629831Sun, 17 May 2026 17:59:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:57:02 GMT]]>@707Kat Doesn’t a lot of Germany work this way? Workers councils?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591206234582280https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591206234582280Sun, 17 May 2026 17:57:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:55 GMT]]>@glennf That's the model they have in Denmark.

Flexicurity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/707Kat/statuses/116591197904559035https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/707Kat/statuses/116591197904559035Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:26 GMT]]>@glennf
Schultz is such an asshole.

I'm old enough to remember him putting out a shitty memoir in the hope he could become president.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/funnymonkey/statuses/116591195982480974https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/funnymonkey/statuses/116591195982480974Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:51:28 GMT]]>Companies hate unions because they reduce arbitrary actions and executive pay. Many claim unions prevent agility. That is because by approaching unionization with a scorched-earth policy of lies and contempt, companies can’t engage in a mutually beneficial process that would result in less turnover, greater productivity, and less absenteeism.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591184332204903https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591184332204903Sun, 17 May 2026 17:51:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:33:58 GMT]]>@glennf If we have to "all about" it, I think it was about breaking the final remnants of an engineering culture that was offensive to the way a few people wanted to talk to Wall St.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591115519221555https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591115519221555Sun, 17 May 2026 17:33:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:24:14 GMT]]>@adamshostack It is amazing reporters can cite Boeing without examining Boeing’s tax and employment in the state pre and post HQ shift, which was all about a then CEO’s personal interests.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591077268664892https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591077268664892Sun, 17 May 2026 17:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:22:18 GMT]]>@glennf (now I see you mentioned boeing down-thread)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591069678478167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591069678478167Sun, 17 May 2026 17:22:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:21:44 GMT]]>@glennf

"Will Seattle's Tax-the-rich rhetoric drive away Boeing?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591067454693946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/adamshostack/statuses/116591067454693946Sun, 17 May 2026 17:21:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:34 GMT]]>I’m not sure which editor or editors demanded the slant on this article, but a better, more nuanced one would have been why nearly all millionaires and companies aren’t going anywhere.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023548157144https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023548157144Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:33 GMT]]>Millionaires always threaten to leave because of taxes. They rarely do. Companies often threaten too. Some move! But it is often bad for them. Millionaires leaving, because of a change in regressive taxation in place, likely frees up resources for the rest of us.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023485874412https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023485874412Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:32 GMT]]>Amazon is probably at the top of its arc (I think the company will suffer a real decline due to shipping costs and other issues soon), but the cited 2018 threat didn’t matter in the end. They built as much as they could here. They had to expand because they exhausted the local hiring pool.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023423653996https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023423653996Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:31 GMT]]>Boeing still has most of its employment in our region. The work in “right to work” states and outside the US led to disastrous problems coupled with internal culture issues exacerbated by separating HQ from engineering. This cost the company tens of billions so far. It has a poor path back up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023353877212https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023353877212Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sorry to these two reporters, but this article is clearly something they were given a specific direction to write. on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:30 GMT]]>But let me be clear why this is a hatchet job. Starbucks is in a huge decline and has to do something massive. If it truly moves thousands of jobs, it will probably be a disaster for a company that needs to focus on the right stuff, not losing most of its experienced employees who won’t move.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023288795822https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/glennf/statuses/116591023288795822Sun, 17 May 2026 17:10:30 GMT