[IndispensableDestiny]

Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and Fred Myer can just close their stores inside Portland City limits.

[cuban leaf]

Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and Fred Myer can just close their stores inside Portland City limits.

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I believe that sort of thing happened when Chicago tried some imaginative taxes.

[Svartalfiar]

Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and Fred Myer can just close their stores inside Portland City limits.

They may not have to. This is a tax only on big retailers, correct? So, depending on how 'big retailers' is defined, they can either cut employees if it's a number line there, or if it's revenue/profit based, they just keep the store open until they hit $100 or $1M under the limit, then close the store for the second half of the year. Re-open Jan01.

That would probably piss people off more and help them be more likely to vote the idiots out, instead of just closing down completely.

[Grampa Dave]

Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and Fred Myer can just will close their stores inside Portland City limits.

[matt04]

You bet. If they have multiple locations they may keep only the most profitable and close the others, or just move out entirely.

[Tallguy]

Move over the line. Then Portland can convert all that unused floorspace to winter shelter for the homeless. Yeah, that’ll work!