Amazon Tripe on Helping Small Businesses In the Jeff Bezos Washington Post

Amazon, which fueled its enormous growth with billions in taxpayer subsidies, is trying to push the line that it is actually good for small businesses. Gene Marks, a consultant who blogs for the Post's business section, noted the company's claim that it actually is good for small businesses.

The basis for the claim is that 1 million small businesses use Amazon's network to sell their goods throughout the world. The company claims it has created 900,000 jobs based on these sales.

As Marks poin...