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News & ArtsWednesday, January 18, 2012
Books / Retail The State of Virginia Beds Down with Amazon.com
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Retailers in Virginia are pissed off about this:
After California, Texas, New York and Indiana all enacted legislation forcing Amazon to start collecting the taxes and imposed deadlines to do so, Virginia startled observers of the Amazon-tax-scofflaw issue by announcing just before Christmas that it would allow the company to skip collecting state sales tax despite having a physical presence in the state.
If they made the same deal with Walmart, there would be outrage in the streets for the government-subsidized unfair competition, but The Great Walmart in the Sky is measured on a different scale than brick-and-mortar retailers.
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You are kidding right? The Government at local, state, and federal level have been subsidizing Walmart for DECADES. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Corpor…
Majority of people seem to be A-OK with government subsidized unfair competition if it means cheaper goods.
Majority of people seem to be A-OK with government subsidized unfair competition if it means cheaper goods.
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Surely Paul wouldn't post such an absurd hypothetical without typing "virginia walmart tax break" into Google, right?
Here's Virginia's sweetheart deal for Walmart:
http://walmartwatch.org/blog/archives/wa…
So, Paul, where's the outrage in the streets about the tax deal that you implied doesn't exist?
(Dear Stranger: can we get Paul off of the Amazon beat? All of his critical thinking skills go out the window when they're involved in a story)
Here's Virginia's sweetheart deal for Walmart:
http://walmartwatch.org/blog/archives/wa…
So, Paul, where's the outrage in the streets about the tax deal that you implied doesn't exist?
(Dear Stranger: can we get Paul off of the Amazon beat? All of his critical thinking skills go out the window when they're involved in a story)
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Scofflaw? Really? Scofflaw?
Paul Constant, a guy who just got back from the MLA convention, bragging about what a fucking intellectual he is, doesn't give a shit about the correct meaning of words.
Paul Constant, a guy who just got back from the MLA convention, bragging about what a fucking intellectual he is, doesn't give a shit about the correct meaning of words.
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I'm going to stop thinking about you and Cienna as Virginia and the Amazon. Friends with tax benefits.
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