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Proud Public Servant

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7. And one other thing: labor

Reply to ecstatic (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 12:16 PM

Oct 2012

The labor practices of e-tailers like Amazon tend to be absolutely horrendous. If buying from them now means that more money gets put into state coffers, maybe that will translate into a more secure safety net for the very workers e-tailers exploit.

Here's an awesome Mother Jones expose of conditions in warehouses used by e-tailers; long but worth the read: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor

Bottom line: on-line "bargains" come from stiffing the government and exploiting the working poor. They're a Republican wet dream.

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The new "Amazon" tax goes into effect this week [View all] ecstatic Oct 2012 OP

It's about time Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #1

Walmart put brick and mortar stores out of business, and when the tables ecstatic Oct 2012 #2

Nothing on this green earth Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #10

We have no sales tax in NH, so nothing changes for me... bunnies Oct 2012 #3

I would like to click both of those options...... meti57b Oct 2012 #4

GA needs the money, but they won't get it--the retailers will simply cut off their GA affiliates ecstatic Oct 2012 #8

Are they going to be allowed to get rid of their affilate marketers? Sekhmets Daughter Oct 2012 #11

Oh please! Get serious... Proud Public Servant Oct 2012 #12

That's what they've done so far ecstatic Oct 2012 #13

Long overdue Proud Public Servant Oct 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #14

as more and more biz is done online, it really is only fair as a sales tax, states need the money graham4anything Oct 2012 #6

And one other thing: labor Proud Public Servant Oct 2012 #7

Your "poll" questions are misleading - I don't LIKE any tax groundloop Oct 2012 #9