California’s ‘Amazon Tax’ Already Proving a Bust

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[I Drive Too Fast]

There are still a few states with no sales taxes....

Which is WHY I detoured my vacation into Montana and saved over $170 on the purchase of my digital camera. I lived there for two years when I was in the USAF and I did like their no sales tax policy. You could drive as fast as you wanted during the daytime too. If caught speeding, the fine was just $5 and it did not go on your insurance.

[hinckley buzzard]

I have to believe the red state Governors like Kasich are wise to this. Here in Ohio there has been not a whisper of such stupidity.

[I am Richard Brandon]

Picky, picky!

[Bob]

And if I have done it, I wouldn’t state it publicly.

Whether you'd state it publicly or not, my point remains -- California loses out on the tax revenue it could have gotten.

[Bob]

There are still a few states with no sales taxes....

Yes, there certainly are. Regardless of that, California isn't collecting any income tax revenue from their former Amazon affiliates.

[AppyPappy]

Such is the nature of liberalism.

[GlockThe Vote]

Bump.

[Publius6961]

Leftwingtards also imagine that if the ocean level rises (due to AGW, atom bombs, sinking shorelines) people will stand there with their mouths open and drown. This is a variation on the phenomenon called "magic thinking". People who engage in it should be prohibited from serving in public office or voting.

That is the most complete and accurate description of the California Legislature I have seen to date.

[Publius6961]

It's a lie that there are people who pay no taxes.

That is true.
But a distinction without a difference.

If the tax the parasites pay is 1% of what they get in welfare of all types, funded by producers who actually work, pragmatically they do pay no meaningful taxes.

[muawiyah]

let's say Warren Buffet pays 15% and I pay 21%, that is wrong. But if some poor schlub with a 2nd grade education and mild retardation pays 1%, that is also wrong. He should pay nothing.

At the same time Warren Buffet intends to stiff most of his relatives. That should not be allowed. As he dies strip him of all his wealth and hand it out to his 500 closest blood relatives.

[muawiyah]

California’s lotus eating class are well known. What is worse they imagine they are superior to sea slugs.