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how do you propose he control it? by writing his senator? hahahaha

dandelany 17y ago
Yes.
krschultz 17y ago
Senators are very responsive to small issues like this. The elected official will listen to polls or their own values on the big issues like healthcare or abortion. On the little issues that are extremely important to a small group of people but largely unimportant to the rest, the senator will hop onboard with the vocal minority very quickly. 99% of the state might prefer the tax but it doesn't real change their vote, and 1% might vehemently oppose it and it will change their vote, the official will almost always go with the 1%. I've been part of that vocal minority and had elected officials intervene in tiny issues. You'd be very surprised by what can be accomplished by 20-100 angry people.
philwelch 17y ago
If your state government isn't responsive to its people's needs, that's a bigger problem than losing your Amazon Associates revenue. If you want a more constructive suggestion, here's one: form a lobbying group to protect the interests of web publishers. In the 1990's there was a moratorium on sales taxes over the internet in order to protect the burgeoning ecommerce industry. I think there's a good case to be made for moratoria on taxes affecting web publishing and advertising--especially affiliate advertising--since web publishing is in a burgeoning state and needs to be allowed to grow without tax or interference so that content producers can find the right business models to serve the public interest after the decline of newspapers. (This is very handwavy but lobbyists and think tanks can come up with much more solid arguments.) This isn't necessarily the greatest idea, but that's how the system works nowadays and we need to get with it.
dwwoelfel 17y ago
He should write his Governer, who apparently doesn't give a damn about the effects of the legislation on his constituents: From the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704869304575110040812179072.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405274870486930457511...): Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said, "Amazon has taken a disappointing, and completely unjustified, step. Amazon is simply trying to avoid compliance with Colorado law."

Yes.

Senators are very responsive to small issues like this. The elected official will listen to polls or their own values on the big issues like healthcare or abortion. On the little issues that are extremely important to a small group of people but largely unimportant to the rest, the senator will hop onboard with the vocal minority very quickly. 99% of the state might prefer the tax but it doesn't real change their vote, and 1% might vehemently oppose it and it will change their vote, the official will almost always go with the 1%. I've been part of that vocal minority and had elected officials intervene in tiny issues. You'd be very surprised by what can be accomplished by 20-100 angry people.

philwelch 17y ago

If your state government isn't responsive to its people's needs, that's a bigger problem than losing your Amazon Associates revenue. If you want a more constructive suggestion, here's one: form a lobbying group to protect the interests of web publishers. In the 1990's there was a moratorium on sales taxes over the internet in order to protect the burgeoning ecommerce industry. I think there's a good case to be made for moratoria on taxes affecting web publishing and advertising--especially affiliate advertising--since web publishing is in a burgeoning state and needs to be allowed to grow without tax or interference so that content producers can find the right business models to serve the public interest after the decline of newspapers. (This is very handwavy but lobbyists and think tanks can come up with much more solid arguments.) This isn't necessarily the greatest idea, but that's how the system works nowadays and we need to get with it.

dwwoelfel 17y ago

He should write his Governer, who apparently doesn't give a damn about the effects of the legislation on his constituents: From the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704869304575110040812179072.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405274870486930457511...): Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said, "Amazon has taken a disappointing, and completely unjustified, step. Amazon is simply trying to avoid compliance with Colorado law."