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Amazon promised 5000 jobs but they actually only employ 119 people in Texas:

"Deuell also said he was skeptical that Amazon could deliver on its promise of 5,000 jobs and $300 million in capital investments by the end of 2013.

"I don't see how in the world they can provide 5,000 jobs at distribution centers. Those operate very efficiently, with computers and mechanized things," Deuell said. "I don't want to doubt their word and their intentions; I just don't see how they bring 5,000 jobs to the state."

Texas and Amazon have been at odds over the collection of online sales taxes since last September, when Comptroller Susan Combs sent Amazon the $269 million bill, covering sales taxes it failed to collect from 2005 to 2009.

Amazon responded by saying it would close the Irving facility, eliminating 119 jobs. Amazon also said it was scrapping other plans to expand in Texas, accusing the state of having "an unfavorable regulatory climate.""