Amazon Sales Take a Hit in States With Online Tax • Hacker News Board

Re: Amazon Sales Take a Hit in States With Online Tax

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Post by gtaylor » Tue, Apr 22, 2014, 3:32 PM UTC

middus wrote: post #62

gtaylor wrote: post #8

I'll gladly pay an additional 6-10% to keep avoiding Wal-mart or Target or even Home Depot. There are people like me who just really hate having to suit up and go shopping. I don't like the traffic, I don't like getting ripped off, and I don't find in-store shopping a fun or magical experience like some do. I can pull up Amazon and read ratings/reviews, see what kind of problems people ran into with products, and mak…

I concur. But from what I've read online, you'd be the only person that "suits up" to go shopping at Walmart. (Do not live in America, though.)

I work from home, so "suit up" means "put pants on" for me.

Re: Amazon Sales Take a Hit in States With Online Tax

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Post by walshemj » Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 11:05 PM UTC

awda wrote: post #80

jdminhbg wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is already age discrimination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_candidacy_laws_in_the_Un...

And you can be tried as an adult at 15 or 16 years old, but you can't vote until you're 18. What kind of bullshit is that?

And you can join the army and fight for your country and be able to have a drink.

Re: Amazon Sales Take a Hit in States With Online Tax

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Post by walshemj » Thu, Apr 24, 2014, 11:07 PM UTC

lsaferite wrote: post #69

walshemj wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunetly the distrubuted nature of the political system acts aainst this its the same with emplyment having 53 diferent sets of employment laws is very ineficient. From an outsiders perspective what the USA needs is a proper reform of the constitution and remove a lot of thinkgs from the perview of the individual states. A maximum age for senators, congessmen and judges would also be a good thing.

Short term limits and a required popular vote to adjust congressional pay would be a better idea that an upper age limit.

Short term limits means you put more power in the hands of the civil service it takes at least 1 full electoral cycle to understand how it all really works.