California Promises No Sales Tax Due To Affiliates To Keep Amazon/Overstock Affiliates Happy

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[Gomez]

In the last few weeks we've seen companies like Amazon drop affiliates in a bunch of different states, due to proposals in cash-strapped state legislatures to force the online retailers to collect sales tax even if there are only affiliates in that state. Apparently, California politicians put forth a similar proposal, and following threats from Overstock to drop its local affiliates, Governor Schwarzenegger has promised that no such bill will pass (thanks Eric Goldman). It seems that the willingness for these online retailers to cut off affiliates (and the anger that creates among those affiliates) caught the attention of at least someone with power in California.

[taxtruth]

Bunch of deadbeats issuing IOU’s.More funny money for the public.

[umgud]

Arnold musta bought a backbrace to stiffen his spine.

[EagleUSA]

Businesses and idividuals are telling the radical liberals of Taxifornia what they can do with their tax-and-spend insanity. They are leaving rapidly. The fools of Sacramento still refuse to move to solve the problem THEY created.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

These governments sound like heroin addicts begging for just one more fix, just one more before they promise to quit for good. Of course, its a lie, and everybody knows it. California is busy selling assets, begging the FedGov for cash, taxing anything in sight. Anything but solve the actual problem — profligate out of control spending. It's astonishing and sickening to behold, especially the decline of the once great state of California, which merely twenty five years ago had an infrastructure, educational system, and economy which were the envy of the world.

[donaldo]

You’re right about this. The only difference between the federal government and California is that the feds can print money. California, Michigan, and D.C. are all run by Democrats. You’d think people would learn.

[taxtruth]

Arnold should team up with Ben and Henry with O at the golf course to work out a new funny money deal over at Rothschilds hotdog stand.

[Publius6961]

Too many dead gold-egg-laying geese?

[uncommonsense]

"The only difference between the federal government and California is that the feds can print money."

I wonder how for the IOU's will circulate.

"California, Michigan, and D.C. are all run by Democrats. You?d think people would learn."

Like a dog returns to it's vomit, a fool will return to his folly.