I wouldnt have allowed either to pass a 'fit and proper' owner test.
But suggesting that Amazon's owner (which doesnt pay much tax - less than the upkeep of the costs of the roads his delivery drivers use funded by the tax which other people pay to subsidise Aamazon's non payment) is somehow some paragon of virtue who Spurs fans should want to own the club is just ignorant as to why Amazon has a shed load of cash. And if he cant be bothered to pay his drivers much, it tells you how he would run Spurs too
Apologies for getting off topic.
I don't tout Amazon as a virtue of anything, other than how to run an extremely successful business. I don't really care if they buy the team or not. But I think your contempt is misdirected.
They still pay taxes, just very little to no federal taxes. They have deferred nearly $400 million in federal taxes. In 2019 they paid $276 million in state taxes, $2.4 billion in payroll taxes and custom duties (arguably subsidized by lower employee compensation, however, the feds would also tax the employee for that additional income), and $1.1 billion international taxes.
Data here Should they pay more? Yes, I think they should pay more in federal taxes, but does the law require it? Evidently not.
If the company doesn't pay federal taxes, and nobody is being prosecuted, then your complaint is with the tax codes. Not the people abiding by them. We can debate the morality of paying as little taxes as possible, but when given the option to voluntarily pay more,
almost nobody does. Complain about congress, not the companies following the laws.
I also don't think it's fair to assume he would be a bad owner. He pays his employees a $15/hour minimum wage, over double the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour. Their average driver makes $52k/year according to Indeed.com, right in line with the national average salary.