Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35
by evandena on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:41PM
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They pay taxes where they're required to. In 1992, the Supreme Court ruled in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota that states cannot compel out-of-state retailers to collect taxes without the company having a physical presence in the state.
We all know it's up to the consumer to pay the sales tax on their tax filings.
Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35
by 300bps on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @12:28PM
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They don't pay taxes everywhere
They're paying it in more jurisdictions than ever and the infrastructure they're setting up to support paying taxes in every jurisdiction will be sold as a service to other merchants. This will enable the technical ability for states and municipalities to finally collect revenue on Internet sales universally.
Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35
by holri on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @01:15PM
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You obviously did not read it thoroughly.
For example does he not say that e-books are bad per se:
https://gnu.org/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.en.html
Re:Amazon's minimum order size for free shipping is now $35
by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @05:10PM
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Stallman is a terrible spokesperson for anything, but I'd like to think that "enforce restrictive DRM" and "systematically mistreat their hardest-working employees" are pretty legit points.
- They sell e-books which are bad inherently
- They don't pay taxes everywhere
That's 80% of the list.
You should have noted that this list was for people who avoid stuff like Ubuntu for not being F/OSS enough, because this list is clearly intended for the hardcore anti-capitalist pro-freedom types.