A Defense of Amazon
On December 18th, AOC tweeted out a Bloomberg article titled, “Amazon Has Turned a Middle-Class Warehouse Career Into a McJob.”(1) She says, “This is why 'Amazon jobs' aren't it & we should instead focus our public investments + incentives on small businesses, public infrastructure, & worker cooperatives that actually support dignified life. A job that leaves you homeless & on food stamps isn’t a job. Its a scam”(2) The Bible constantly reminds us to care for and not exploit the poor. “For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’”- Deuteronomy 15:11 “Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, t...