The economy is Seattle is strong, but it is not strong due to a $15.00 minimum wage and the city had should not have passed that mandate.
However, Amazon decided on the $15.00 minimum wage to help Amazon.
I have no problem with that but they could have done this privately. Where I see red flags big time is when they first made a big public deal about it then they said they would be lobbying government for wage hikes across the board.
Amazon's competitors like Walmart can't afford to be forced into mandatory $15 and hour. They probably would not survive and walmart was previously the strongest retailer in country. Amazon is attempting to put tremendous pressure on their competitors with this move. It's predatory in nature and could be very harmful for all businesses in the long run. People need to recognize this tactic and the danger it represents.