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NewJeffCT

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34. wasn't that a law passed under Obama
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 09:22 AM
Mar 2018

that online retailers were supposed to collect state sales taxes for the states where they do business?

There are lots of reasons to dislike Amazon Sherman A1 Mar 2018 #1
+ 1 get the red out Mar 2018 #4
I don't like it when the president of the United States goes after companies he dislikes...it is Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #31
Agreed! If it wasn't for Amazon and Ebay deliveries TheDebbieDee Mar 2018 #45
The postal system is the delivery boy Renew Deal Mar 2018 #2
He condemns a successful American company like Amazon, but not Putin and Russia Renew Deal Mar 2018 #3
I swear to goodness ok_cpu Mar 2018 #5
Isn't the postal system supposed to be a 'delivery boy'. I thought the prezident was not Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #6
"Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes," Just like ME, #45, and "that makes me smart." VOX Mar 2018 #7
Thanks for the reminder, VOX.. Cha Mar 2018 #16
He's a man of constant contradictions. VOX Mar 2018 #17
He's a very complex genius. The rest of us just wouldn't understand. IronLionZion Mar 2018 #21
The quote is - Bloated - The Polack MSgt Mar 2018 #37
Is there a single subject that this buffoon knows anything about? teamster633 Mar 2018 #8
I never, in a million years, would have guessed that in my "retirement" years I would find retread Mar 2018 #9
what a moron, Amazon collects sale taxes and I pay them whenever I buy something beachbum bob Mar 2018 #10
wasn't that a law passed under Obama NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #34
Court cases & the Commerce Clause require sales taxes be collected if the retailer has a presence BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #41
He is just mad at WaPo BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #11
Oh he is just mad because he didn't think of it first. kydo Mar 2018 #12
It isn't postage free so what's the big deal? appleannie1943 Mar 2018 #13
I am tired of this all the time. logosoco Mar 2018 #14
Bringing up paying taxes? How about showing the people your taxes? Freethinker65 Mar 2018 #15
And he's using the reconverted old post office building to malaise Mar 2018 #18
USPS isn't delivering for free. They are making money off Amazon, Ilsa Mar 2018 #19
It's not just Amazon, a lot of my packages from other retailiers start from Fedex, and are delivered HipChick Mar 2018 #25
Most everything I order online for purchase eventually gets delivered to my bullwinkle428 Mar 2018 #29
Ditto. Happened just this week with fedex; in past with UPS. nt Ilsa Mar 2018 #32
Shipping via USPS makes perfect business sense DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #20
My Fed-Ex delivery from a retailer ultimately went through Ilsa Mar 2018 #22
FedEx and UPS have both found it easier DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #57
Actually, it's FedEx & UPS who socialize final segment costs to the USPS while privatizing profits. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #23
So is this a distraction from Stormy or Mueller? IronLionZion Mar 2018 #24
This is exactly the complaint I have read time and time again on this site. former9thward Mar 2018 #26
i am a daily reader here, and I haven't seen that complaint. ret5hd Mar 2018 #30
Amazon and many other mega-retailers are able to negotiate lower shipping costs that progressoid Mar 2018 #43
That isn't really the complaint that the other poster was pointing out. ret5hd Mar 2018 #44
Sure we do. progressoid Mar 2018 #46
And this is still not the complaint of the person I originally replied to. And yes... ret5hd Mar 2018 #47
If someone will tell me how to find Post Office deficit and Amazon former9thward Mar 2018 #49
And I've read "boycotts never work..." on DU LanternWaste Mar 2018 #48
Isn't that the purpose of the postal service to deliver letters and packages? He along with repukes lunasun Mar 2018 #27
Well, exactly. LisaL Mar 2018 #33
Manipulating the stock market for his pals. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #28
Well, of course they use the USPS. MineralMan Mar 2018 #35
Just a delivery boy , just an errand boy ,reminded me of this below & trump is just as insane lunasun Mar 2018 #36
45 is going after Amazon to help his rich cronies. ananda Mar 2018 #38
How does using the postal service cause a loss to US? sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #39
I thought the cons wanted to shut down the USPS? Initech Mar 2018 #40
I like Amazon katmondoo Mar 2018 #42
I agree. Local stores don't have the selection that Amazon has. Blue_true Mar 2018 #51
Don't they have to pay postage? treestar Mar 2018 #50
Dumbass- Amazon is the biggest customer of the USPS RainCaster Mar 2018 #52
Umm, it's their job to deliver packages. What a dumbass!!! Luciferous Mar 2018 #53
Id10T syndrome . Chickensoup Mar 2018 #54
Even my RUMPer co-worker had to laugh at that one. nt Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #55
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. That doesn't mean we should... LAS14 Mar 2018 #56
You just know he doesn't know how mailing a letter works JDC Mar 2018 #58
perhaps the difference is amazon pays its bills and trump does not dembotoz Mar 2018 #59
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