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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Oregon manages with no sales taxes...
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Oregon had a
$1 billion deficit by August 2010.
Also, keep in mind that Amazon is getting targeted while, at least as far as I know, small Internet business are not. Amazon is definitely asking for special treatment (as do many other companies), but they are also getting singled out by the State.
Nor are they the only company that receives (let alone requests) tax incentives. Sports teams routinely demand huge tax incentives or outright payments to stay in a city, states have "enterprise zones" with special low sales tax rates, lots of companies demand tax concessions in exchange for moving to a state or city.