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A “Dear John” Letter to the State of California
Topic Started: Sep 13 2011, 09:50 PM (311 Views)
LTC8K6
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http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/09/a-dear-john-letter-to-the-state-of-california.php

Nicely done.

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Dear California,

We’re terribly sorry to have to do this but we’re no longer a good match for each other. And trust us when we say it’s you, not us…we just can’t afford you anymore.

Ever since you and your new BFF–the Affiliate Nexus Tax–started hanging out, people just don’t want to do as much business with us anymore. Sure, we know it seems only fair that online retailers without a physical presence in California should have to collect sales taxes from their customers just like everyone else. The problem is, until every other state–or the federal government–feels the same way, companies like Amazon.com, Overstock and others have decided that it’s not worth working with us (or 25,000 other California-based businesses) anymore. Apparently, in your eyes, our affiliate relationship makes them liable for collecting taxes. They’ve decided it makes better sense to just work with affiliates beyond your, admittedly still picturesque, borders.

We know this letter might come as a bit of a shock–especially because things had been going so well between us. Last year alone we helped drive $400 million in sales and we’ve doubled the number of California jobs we provide year-after-year. And people started to notice: the LA Business Journal named us a “Best Place to Work in Los Angeles” and then Inc. Magazine just named us one of the “500 Fastest Growing Companies in 2011.” So what went wrong? . . .


I also like the part about Intel and California:

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Intel was about to site a new $1 billion chip factory, and was looking at California, or New Mexico. The proposed sales tax on capital equipment would have added $60 million to the price tag to build in California.

The tax manager for Intel appeared before the ways and means committee of the state legislature with a blunt message that I rather liked: Look, he told the committee, you are not going to collect this tax from us. There are two ways you are not going to collect this tax. You aren’t going to collect this tax if we locate in New Mexico, and you aren’t going to collect this tax if we locate here in California. Get it?
Edited by LTC8K6, Sep 13 2011, 09:51 PM.
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The California Democratic Party is just plain nuts!

They are stuck with an ideology that is failing but can't admit it. So they persist in going the wrong direction.

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The idea of sales tax was to help pay for the infrastructure provided to allow transactions to take place. The consumption of something taxed used to require a meeting point for it to happen. Then you need a place to park, a walkway to get there, security for the area...

Sales tax for online sales is just about a cost free bonus if it were to be collected.
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