Thanks to the antiquated laws of America, which didn't anticipate that the Internet would ruin everyone's lives, AMAZON as profited even MORE because they never had to CHARGE TAX.
The DMCA and other feeble laws were actually created to promote the fucking Internet. Let's give tax breaks to poor little Amazon, trying to be an Internet mail order company. Let's ignore Napster and blogs stealing music. Let's allow eBay to be a fence for stolen merchandise and all they have to do is say "we're JUST A VENUE."
These "rights" were not given to anyone in the REAL WORLD.
Macy's doesn't charge tax and they all go to jail. Record store owners sell bootlegs, they go to jail. A pawnbroker accepts stolen merchandise, and he goes to jail. A porn store sells fake naked pictures of celebrities and pounds of soiled underwear...it's SHUT DOWN.
Finally, after kicking and fighting for decades, Amazon must at least obey the law and CHARGE TAX... ...except in the five states that somehow get by without burdening their citizens with a state tax.
Awwww, poor Bozo Bezos, the sweet Snookums who just bought a mansion near the Trumps in Washington D.C.
A few people might actually go back to Staples or Target or Best Buy to get something, because they can't save an extra few dollars on TAX, and waiting for Amazon to ship. Awwww.
Meanwhile the Internet giants (including insidious creatures like Comcast and other corporations that have swallowed up whole movie studios and TV networks) still mainly do as they please, and intimidate politicians into leaving them alone.
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