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Quote Delphin:
"Recognizing the truth in this, Amazon did indeed commit extortion by threatening to shut down these affiliates, in fact Hawaii's and California's taxation bills were vetoed by the states' governors who caved in to Amazon's extortion."
Quote Andrew: "Here you can see the discussion on an Amazon affiliate blog about the smackdown
Why not just tell the truth and stop lying? Amazon did not commit "extortion," which is a crime with a specific legal meaning. Or if you're going to make false statements, why not just accuse Amazon of rape while you're at it? That sounds much worse."
Hey, Boeing did similar to WA State (where Amazon, I can assure you collects Sales Tax). It got some incredible tax benefits from the state to keep production in Everett and then last year decided to go non-union and move a new plant to one of those Carolinas which also provided additional tax breaks.
Companies do it all the time. Screw whomever is convenient at the moment. I'm not sure how Amazon is trying to escape the sales tax issue in Texas as they apparently have a distribution center there - that would appear to be a presence. But maybe they played some kind of games - subsidiary or 3rd party or ..... Everyone looks for loopholes.
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