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  1. Re:I like the thinking... on NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes · · Score: 1

    Except that the states created the problem in the first place. Maryland tried the same thing with Wal-Mart. The geniuses decided only Wal-Mart should provide 100% paid for health insurance to all employees right when they finished a deal to put a distribution center in Maryland. All because they wanted to make things "fair". The entire "fair share" is nothing more than a lie perpetuated by so-called progressives. New York and California created the situation they get to live with it.

  2. Re:The dangers of stupid taxes on NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes · · Score: 1

    No. Sales taxes go into general coffers are are used to pay for all types of services. Rails are private, we have no nationalized rail in the USA. That leaves roads, and heavy trucks do almost all the damage done to roads by vehicles (the majority of the remainder being done by weather.) Amazon also receives the benefit of police protection; without police, anyone would be free to loot their warehouse. They receive fire protection in that the FD will show up and try to put a fire out if their building is burning. Need I go on?

    Amtrack is government subsidized, may as well call it nationalized. If Amazon operates in a particular state they will collect sales taxes in that state.

    “You have to charge sales tax to customers who live in any state where you have a business presence,”

    In addition to its home in Washington State, Amazon has facilities in North Dakota, Kentucky and Kansas, and collects sales taxes in these states.

    Furthermore the people they employ to work at that warehouse most probably live in or around that area, which means they pay sales taxes on the goods and services they use. So not only does Amazon collect taxes in the states they operate but the employees pay taxes in those same states which pays for police and fire protection. The exception being New York which is looking for any way possible to dig itself out of a self inflicted economic disaster. To answer your question, no you don't need to go on. You've successfully proven you have no clue what you're talking about.

  3. Re:Wouldn't it be wonderful, on NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes · · Score: 1

    How is this even remotely interesting? Before rambling on like a moron again you might actually acquire some knowledge of taxation as well as some level of common sense.

  4. Re:Hush, you'll piss off the 'fly-over' states. on NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes · · Score: 1

    Maybe California should stop supporting us dumb hicks so they can dig themselves out of debt. Are you really so stupid that you blame the "heartland" for the economic incompetence of the coastal states? So much for your facts.

  5. Re:Isn't it as easy as on Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks · · Score: 1

    By definition German Protestants, Lutherans especially, are Evangelical Christians.

  6. Re:And now... on Judge Makes Lawyers Pay For Frivolous Patent Suit · · Score: 1

    I find intolerance of natural human functions in the media objectionable. I am pretty sure that your scatological dvd collection safe.
  7. Re:Just do what Global Warming Advocates Do on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    If CO2 did not cause "global warming" it would be a whole lot colder. Maybe you'll cover that tidbit in the next "module". It helps to have a grasp of the big picture.

  8. Re:Democracy Now! on CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog · · Score: 1

    And then you woke up!

  9. Re:Science board is trolling? on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1

    Are ignorant gross generalizations now considered rational and common sense?