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Amazon packing after House vote
The State ^ | Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2011 | Tim Flach

Posted on 04/27/2011 8:37:04 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek

Amazon all but told South Carolina goodbye Wednesday after the online retailer lost a legislative showdown on a sales tax collection exemption it wants to open a distribution center that would bring 1,249 jobs to the Midlands.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; online; taxes
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Seems like a pretty short-sighted vote to prove...something, I guess. Amazon isn't based in South Carolina, and this was to have been a distribution center.
1 posted on 04/27/2011 8:37:07 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

So apparently the income taxes they would have collected from the newly employed people wasn’t enough for them (as opposed to having to pay them unemployment). Nope: MORE MORE MORE!


2 posted on 04/27/2011 8:41:58 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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They closed a distribution center in my town when Texas did something similar. I think Texas was trying to collect taxes on items shipped to other states from it too.


3 posted on 04/27/2011 8:43:08 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Greedy government thieves thwarted again. Sweet.


4 posted on 04/27/2011 8:45:27 PM PDT by Amagi (ObamaCare proposed a tax on Tanning Salons. That is RACISM STRAIGHT UP!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

They are blaming the Tea Party both in the article and in comments below. It doesn’t sound right, why would the TEA party (Taxed enough already) be in favor of increased taxes?


5 posted on 04/27/2011 8:47:04 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Amazon shrugged.


6 posted on 04/27/2011 8:49:26 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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I love Amazon for its refusal to collect taxes for the welfare state, unlike most Republicans. What I don’t understand is why they are so adamant about it. All the other online retailers have given in to the State of California, and collect sales taxes from California residents. Amazon does not, when it would be easy to do so. Anyone know why?


7 posted on 04/27/2011 8:49:43 PM PDT by Defiant (When Democrats lose voters, they manufacture new voters instead of convincing the existing voters.)
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The Nazi, I mean Tea Party is happy tonight.

One of the anti- TEA Party comments. With 'logic' like that how can one go wrong?!

8 posted on 04/27/2011 8:52:06 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I don’t know who did what, as I’ve not followed this case.

But ALL financial incentives to companies are based on the theory that government can “steal” jobs away from other locations by making a deal with the company that in essence is a negotiated lower tax than is paid by other companies in the state. Think about the fairness of that for a minute.

Then realize that statistics prove most of these deals never pan out anyway. The state agrees to a reduced tax level but how important is that in the overall scheme of things that determine the viability of a business? How many of us would relocate JUST for a lower tax rate?

There are plenty of examples - such as K-Mart that negotiated a big tax incentive from the state of Michigan - only to file bankruptcy, be acquired by Sears and moved out of the state only 2 years later.

I applaud South Carolina for calling BS on this shell game. Offer conditions that make your state friendly to business and keep government out of the way, and you’ll get all the jobs you would any other way.


9 posted on 04/27/2011 8:57:13 PM PDT by bigbob
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There are so adamant because it is suck a frickin' nightmare to keep it strait. From The Tax Clearinghouse.com

There are, in fact, just over 7,000 distinct tax authorities that levy a sales or use tax: 50 states, 1,600 counties, and 4,500 cities.

Compliance is hyper expensive for a business.

10 posted on 04/27/2011 8:57:22 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I can haz CW2 now?)
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"They are blaming the Tea Party both in the article and in comments below."

When the left blames the TPM (Tea Party Movement) for ANYTHING, it's like winning an Oscar for a stellar performance.

IF we piss off the left, that means we have done something GOOD, not bad.

The more the left stays PISSED, the better we are doing our TPM jobs.

The best comeback in the world to anyone who blames the TPM for anything is...
"THANK YOU!"

11 posted on 04/27/2011 9:01:06 PM PDT by FrankR (no)
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To: Defiant

Two reasons, the Supreme Court and the 5-10% price edge on competitors who do collect sales tax.


12 posted on 04/27/2011 9:04:19 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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I agree with the legislators. Why should one company get a tax break? Just lower the cost of doing business overall, and these companies will come.

Amazon wanted a tax break and the SC House told them to pound sand. This is why the local Tea Party opposed this, because it's crony capitalism on the state level.

13 posted on 04/27/2011 9:05:45 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2012)
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Why should one company get a tax break?

Company? It's the SC taxpayers who would would be getting the tax break; incidentally, they still won't be paying the tax with Amazon now located out of the state.

14 posted on 04/27/2011 9:16:39 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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"Anyone know why?"

Principles??? Some people and companies still stand on them.

15 posted on 04/27/2011 9:23:55 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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I shop on the Internet to get the lowest price possible and I always check the location of the store to see if I have to pay sales tax to them. If I have to pay tax, then I buy from a business in another state.


17 posted on 04/27/2011 9:30:20 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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I do much of my shopping on the net, and a lot of it from Amazon. There is no way of knowing where they are shipping from at the time of placing the order.

I too try to avoid sales tax whenever possible. I will drive across the Louisiana/Mississippi state line because it saves me almost 3%.

18 posted on 04/27/2011 9:35:48 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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Amazon has something the state doesn’t.

Jobs.

They can find states willing to stand up to Walmart and welcome the jobs.


19 posted on 04/27/2011 9:50:28 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
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*facepalm*


20 posted on 04/27/2011 9:57:08 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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