PUBLiSHER’S NOTE
2365
DAILY PICK-UP & DELIVERY IN WAUSAU
Multi-state pick-up and delivery available
Why Amazon Is Just As Bad As Facebook
TRUST US FOR ALL YOUR
HYDRAULIC REPAIRS WE REPAIR: • Hydraulic Cylinders • Pneumatic Cylinders • Hydraulic Tools • Rock Breakers • Hydraulic Generators • Power Units • Spike Drivers • Valves & More!
Full Service Rock Breaker Repair Center
All Makes & Models
BRING HOME THE BACON!
WE ARE HIRING!
FULL TIME POSITIONS FULL TIME BENEFIT PACKAGE Processing Team Member Eligibility on the first of the month Packaging Team Member following date of hire for health, dental, Sanitation Manager vision coverage, short and long-term disability. Sanitation Team Member Profit Sharing and 401(k) plans, Maintenance Team Member Eligibility for company-paid life Maintenance Supervisor insurance Six company paid holidays per year Vacation accrual SEASONAL POSITIONS Call Center Team Member Fulfillment Team Member PART TIME POSITIONS Company Store
Dear Reader,
Recently I wrote about a certain god-like dictator who has risen to prominence: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. You would be forgiven if you thought I was talking about Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, for he is just as powerful, another god unto himself. Amazon is a parasite that is sucking the vitality out of our local communities. Let’s look at the facts: Amazon was founded in 1995. Initially it collected and paid sales tax in only five states, even though 45 states have statewide sales tax laws. This gave it an unfair advantage over brick-and-mortar stores operating in those states – it could price its products lower because it was not paying the tax. This ended only in 2016, after a Supreme Court ruling told Amazon to stop doing this. Amazon attacked booksellers, excluding them from its platform if they did not give in to its pricing demands. Like Facebook and Google, Amazon tracks consumers on the web and uses algorithms to stoke their purchasing behavior, to its advantage. Amazon has launched its own private labels selling popular products that it also carries. In effect, Amazon used its distribution channel to study its competitors, then copied them and offered identical or similar products.
PATRICK J. WOOD
PUBLISHER
Author of “Dear Reader” and “Tapestry of Love and Loss”
NEW CLOTHES, NEW BOOK BAG. LET US GIVE YOU A NEW LOOK!
DON’T DELAY – CALL TODAY!
Kids Cuts
WALK-IN WEDNESDAYS OPEN INTERVIEWS!
(11 & Under)
$15
8:30AM-4:30 AUGUST - END OF SEPTEMBER 1790 APPLEWOOD LN • WITTENBERG, WI 54499 CALL 715-253-4313 TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEW or CLICK ‘CAREER’ LINK @ NUESKES.COM TO APPLY AND VIEW JOB DETAILS SEASONAL CALL CENTER & FULFILLMENT TEAM MEMBERS
3910 Schofield Ave., Weston 359-8250 225734 Rib Mountain Dr., Wausau 359-2724
WORK IN A FUN & FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT EARN EXTRA CASH AND YEAR END BONUS • PICK/PACK/SHIP/CALL CENTER OPERATIONS • 1ST SHIFT POSITIONS AVAILABLE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS BASED ON CDC GUIDELINES
2
CiTY PAGES
September 23-30, 2021
Monday 9-6 | Tuesday - Thursday 9-8 | Friday 9-6 | Saturday 8-5 | Sunday Closed 78581
76178
STARTING PAY OF $14.00/HOUR - PRODUCT DISCOUNTS
And now, Amazon is leveraging its online power to open physical stores that will spell the death knell of many retailers that already have seen their sales erode because of Amazon. How does this affect you? Well, have you noticed how Amazon sponsors your kid’s soccer league, or supports the local Salvation Army, United Way, and other charitable organizations that are trying to solve problems in our community? Yeah, neither have I. Support for local improvements comes from local business. When we stop supporting them and send our dollars to Amazon, we are depriving our own community of the glue that holds it together. What about AmazonSmile, the behemoth’s supposedly generous gifts to charities? Let’s do the math: • Since 2013, when Amazon began the program, it has donated $215 million to charity. Those are Amazon’s own numbers (you can see them here: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/ community/215-million-donated-tocharities-through-amazonsmile). • During that same time period, Amazon sold $1.483 trillion. • $215 million is 0.015% – fifteen onethousandths of one percent of Amazon’s sales during that time. How generous is that? Hmm, maybe not so much. Amazon needs to be reined in, for the good of us all. Call or email Congress one more time as together we fight the forces from the dark side.
Participating Salons only. Most salons independently owned and operated. ©2021 Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation. FantasticSams.com
