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Startup Flees To Seattle Amid Amazon's Tax Fight

Posted by timothy on Friday September 16, 2011 @10:59AM from the game-theory-of-taxes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SF-based comparison shopping startup Shopobot was caught in the fight between Amazon, big-box retailers, and politicians over collecting of sales tax for online purchases. So what did the entreprenurs do? Flee to Seattle, right next to Amazon HQ, where marketing affiliates have a chance — because Amazon already collects sales tax in WA." And if you must flee, Seattle's a nice destination.

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Re:Rise and overthrow the opressive overlords, eh? by Pseudonym+Authority · 2011-09-16 15:26 · Score: 0, Flamebait

A lot of African-Americans fit the "nigger" stereotype. If it is okay for Canadians to be bigots (and still consider themselves better), is it okay for me to be racist?