Amazon bullied Seattle into retracting a tax increase by threatening to abandon expansion plans there. Seattle caved in, but Amazon has cancelled the plans anyway.

Amazon is not merely an snooping abusive monopolist. It is a cheating snooping abusive monopolist. You shouldn't trust Amazon to keep a deal unless you get your benefit in advance.

This joins a host of other reasons for refusing to buy from Amazon.

I urge Seattle to reinstate that tax. In the long term, we need to teach these companies that we are the boss.