for certification as a “progressive” is a complete lack of common sense and little or no comprehension of how the ‘real world’ functions. It seems quinn has developed an advanced stage of this mental illness.

It seems like companies more often than not fold under the slightest pressure from liberals, whether it’s environmental nonsense or politically correct bullying.

I love seeing these in-your-face, “Atlas Shrugged” type moves, it’s a “teachable moment” for Liberals.

I am sure Governor Quinn can convince his friends in D.C. to assess a penalty on Amazon for refusing to participate in commerce with affiliates in Illinois…

The argument that “… trying to keep track of every jurisdiction’s sales tax rules is an undue burden upon [businesses]” is the wrong issue and ultimately, a loosing argument. The real issue is that when Amazon.com (or some other similar business) is not resident in a state, they are not within the legal jurisdiction of that state, therefore the laws of that state (including the tax laws) do not apply to those businesses.

Additionally, the sales tax is not a tax on the business, it is a tax on transactions which occur within the state. When a transaction takes place out of state (as is actually the case when doing business with an out-of-state mail order company), at best the tax does not technically apply at all, at worst, the in-state customer is the only party which falls under the jurisdiction of the law, which again reinforces the argument that the responsibility falls the customerto pay the sales tax , not the out-of-state business to collect the tax.

Moe Lane,

I wouldn’t count on getting money from Amazon for much longer you know the State of Maryland. They haven’t met a tax they don’t like.

Thanks
Robert

of the dog with his bone in his mouth crossing the log over the river. Looking down, he sees his own reflection and thinks it is another dog with a bigger, better bone. In trying to take the better bone from the dog in the reflection, he loses his own bone in the river, and goes away sadly with no bone.

As a child, I felt sorry for the dog because I did not understand the meaning of the story at that time. As I matured, I understood the story, and I still pitied the poor dog for a different reason: his greed led him to lose a prized possession.

Governor Quinn is the dog that, in losing his own bone in the river, has also deprived hundreds (if not thousands) of other dogs their bones, as well, for NO GOOD REASON AT ALL EXCEPT GREED.

Enjoy what’s left of your kibble, Gov. Quinn; you’ve dropped everyone’s bones in the river, including your own.

WOOF!

Overregulated, overtaxed economic activity leads to recession.Unregulated, untaxed economic activity rescues us from recession and creates economic prosperity.

Internet business could lead us out of the current quagmire, but the progressives are hungering after every dime anyone is making.

In addition, Illinois is run by a coalition of Democrats and Republican business owners who like things the way they are. The mindset seems to be that no outside company should be able to sell stuff without being microregulated and brutally taxed the way the rest of us are.

And so we have the economic miracle that is Illinois.

April 15- tax day. A good reminder to people about the over taxation imposed by government.

It is likely that Amazon issued forms 1099 to the affiliates rather than for the affiliates to fill out 1099; the affiliates would be likely to fill out form W-9.

Sooner or later, when every state has passed the law, Amazon will have to decide if it wants an affiliate program at all.

Unless Amazon, all its facilities, and all its affiliates can move to New Hampshire, Montana, Alaska, or Oregon, which have no sales tax or its functional equivalent and thus the issue is moot? That would be really interesting to see.