New Seattle tax targets Amazon's payroll. Maybe HQ2 is looking even better these days?

We all know Amazon.com Inc. hates taxes. And Seattle just passed one that is sure to tick the tech giant off. Actually, it wouldn't shock us if Amazon started encouraging more of its executives to up and move their teams to HQ2, or a neighboring city in Washington state, now that the Seattle City Council has passed a progressive tax targeting the wealthiest companies in the city. The ordinance, approved Monday, subjects companies with payrolls of at least $7 million to a "payroll expense tax" —…