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Amazon going to tax NE residents.
Phantom:
--- Quote from: GreyGeek on December 28, 2016, 11:19:09 AM --- if who you vote for is honest.
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When does that ever happen ? :o ;D :P :laugh:
Dave1215:
--- Quote from: Phantom on December 28, 2016, 11:49:36 AM ---When does that ever happen ? :o ;D :P :laugh:
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It happens more often if good people get out and support good candidates. I can give a few examples at the local level that it happens, I also know the NFOA supported some good candidates at the State level that got in, and I believe General Bacon who is a Congressman-Elect for Nebraska is a good example. So it does happen if we get involved.
Kendahl:
--- Quote from: GreyGeek on December 28, 2016, 11:17:45 AM ---Contrary to popular opinion state employees cannot make up rules on the fly as they do their jobs. They are legally bound to follow the letter of the laws when dealing with the public.
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Somebody forgot to tell that to the state employees who undercalculated prison sentences.
jarelj:
Amazon is worried about getting sued because they're a fulfillment and 3rd party sales service rather than a traditional business who owns most of their own inventory. If I'm sitting in Nebraska selling Beanie Babies that I'm drop-shipping from AliExpress in China, and someone in South Dakota is selling the same Beanie Babies, also on Amazon, and someone in Nebraska buys one of said Beanie Babies from Amazon, the NE Attorney General is inclined to say Amazon has a "presence" in the state (me) and should be withholding taxes, even if the merchant who fulfills the order is in South Dakota. These lawsuits were brewing in several states already so Amazon just took the proactive step to implement it before the lawsuits came to fruition because it was cheaper than waiting for the suits, since the costs will be borne by the merchants and not by Amazon. Amazon is not a "good corporate citizen", they are just looking out for their own bottom line.
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: Kendahl on December 28, 2016, 05:38:29 PM ---Somebody forgot to tell that to the state employees who undercalculated prison sentences.
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From what I read they were trying to implement the legislature's desire to reduce prison populations and misinterpreted the regs.
By the way, I heard from a good source this evening that the NE budget deficit has risen to over $1 BILLION! No longer at $700M. It may go even higher. That's about $500 for every man, woman and child in the state. Even newly arrived Muslim refugees are qualifying for $700/mo SSI (which is federal but NE gets back less than half of of every dollar it sends to the Feds)
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