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Dan Price@DanPriceSeattle

One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps, Medicaid or other government assistance, according to a new survey. Can someone explain why taxpayers like you and me have to subsidize profits for a man worth $206 billion?

9.5K likes382 repliesPosted May 17, 2024

View the original on X Written by Dan Price. Captured Sep 4, 2026.

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Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
Ends on a question, which is the most reliable way to turn readers into repliers.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.

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Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Invitation
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Mechanisms: Specificity
Written for: Founders, marketers and operators

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