Comments on: Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: Your Government Sucks http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MRP GAMER http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-6156 MRP GAMER Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:37:41 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-6156 I'm in the same boat Keith. This State has gone to total crap! To many closed minded thinkers and crooks are in charge around here. The lack of pride, honor and integrity in this state disgusts me. My core beliefs and perceptions of how this state would be from when I was younger has been destroyed by spineless choices made by those in charge over the years. I'm a convicted felon who is repulsed by some of the deals and things I've seen over the years around here. I grew up around men who were respected for their trades, where it was a privilege to work in this beautiful state. Use to be able to find jobs daily that paid atleast $15-$20 bucks an hour. But now, it's not what you know but who you know to get anything from this state. It makes no sense to see illegal immigrants living better off than native sons of this state and country. Our courts and prison systems are the biggest scam of them all. They tax all of you to house each inmate, at the same time when the inmate is released he is charged the same amount or beyond. The state of Colorado will intercept your taxes for the rest of your life if you are a convicted of a felony in this state. Maybe thats fair or about as fair as the recent winners at our casinos that got their winnings basicly taken away because of "machine malfunctions". Bottom line, there are way to many scum bags getting away with whatever they can in this state and nobody is doing anything about it. Cowards. .-= MRP GAMER´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.mrpgamers.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11" rel="nofollow">8v8 Conquest Tournament</a> =-. I’m in the same boat Keith. This State has gone to total crap! To many closed minded thinkers and crooks are in charge around here. The lack of pride, honor and integrity in this state disgusts me. My core beliefs and perceptions of how this state would be from when I was younger has been destroyed by spineless choices made by those in charge over the years. I’m a convicted felon who is repulsed by some of the deals and things I’ve seen over the years around here. I grew up around men who were respected for their trades, where it was a privilege to work in this beautiful state. Use to be able to find jobs daily that paid atleast $15-$20 bucks an hour. But now, it’s not what you know but who you know to get anything from this state. It makes no sense to see illegal immigrants living better off than native sons of this state and country. Our courts and prison systems are the biggest scam of them all. They tax all of you to house each inmate, at the same time when the inmate is released he is charged the same amount or beyond. The state of Colorado will intercept your taxes for the rest of your life if you are a convicted of a felony in this state. Maybe thats fair or about as fair as the recent winners at our casinos that got their winnings basicly taken away because of “machine malfunctions”. Bottom line, there are way to many scum bags getting away with whatever they can in this state and nobody is doing anything about it. Cowards.
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]]> By: Dennis Yu: local online marketing, facebook advertising, internet guru » Amazon shuts down Colorado Affiliates http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4436 Dennis Yu: local online marketing, facebook advertising, internet guru » Amazon shuts down Colorado Affiliates Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:17:14 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4436 [...] BlitzLocal affiliate account on Amazon as of March 8th because of the new Colorado Affiliate Tax (HB 10-1193).  Read it [...] [...] BlitzLocal affiliate account on Amazon as of March 8th because of the new Colorado Affiliate Tax (HB 10-1193).  Read it [...]

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4359 Daddy Forever Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4359 I hear about that. Hopefully your state will change their mind soon. I'm glad Oregon isn't like that. We don't even have a sales tax. People are anti-tax around here, which causes all sorts of budget problems for the state. .-= Daddy Forever´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DaddyForever/~3/TAX6d7PHmF0/" rel="nofollow">Toys of the Year</a> =-. I hear about that. Hopefully your state will change their mind soon. I’m glad Oregon isn’t like that. We don’t even have a sales tax. People are anti-tax around here, which causes all sorts of budget problems for the state.
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]]> By: tours in india http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4229 tours in india Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4229 Repeal obviously will be a lot cheaper and quicker than a legal challenge. Perhaps the assembly will come to its collective senses in the next day or two. Denver News 4 covering this issue at 6PM. Repeal obviously will be a lot cheaper and quicker than a legal challenge. Perhaps the assembly will come to its collective senses in the next day or two. Denver News 4 covering this issue at 6PM.

]]> By: Keith http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4224 Keith Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:27:58 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4224 Thank you for the link, Robyn. That a useful one for anybody looking to take action! Thank you for the link, Robyn. That a useful one for anybody looking to take action!

]]> By: Robyn http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4221 Robyn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:04:32 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4221 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/OpposeHB1193 Here is a link to a website to sign a petition in opposition to this bill. Please pass it along and take action. If Linkshare and Commission Junction and Clickbank get on board with this, anyone doing affiliate marketing could be hurting in a big way. Diversification won't help. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/OpposeHB1193

Here is a link to a website to sign a petition in opposition to this bill. Please pass it along and take action. If Linkshare and Commission Junction and Clickbank get on board with this, anyone doing affiliate marketing could be hurting in a big way. Diversification won’t help.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4219 Robyn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:32:42 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4219 AMEN!!! I don't know what business school these putzes attended to prepare them to adequately assess the crap they pass. I doubt there was any and if there was it was sorely deficient training. This applies to national and state governments. They should have to pass a test. You have to pass one to drive a car but apparently proving you have the training and ability to run a government isn't required. Ironic, isn't it? I've considered getting involved with local and state government just so I can be there in person to grill them all on the implications of what they are proposing and call them ignorant to their face. AMEN!!! I don’t know what business school these putzes attended to prepare them to adequately assess the crap they pass. I doubt there was any and if there was it was sorely deficient training. This applies to national and state governments. They should have to pass a test. You have to pass one to drive a car but apparently proving you have the training and ability to run a government isn’t required. Ironic, isn’t it? I’ve considered getting involved with local and state government just so I can be there in person to grill them all on the implications of what they are proposing and call them ignorant to their face.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4218 Robyn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:28:40 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4218 Oh yeah. And this was SO convenient. I was IMMEDIATELY emailing my colorado representatives and campaigning for repeal as soon as I got this email. I was furious. Tried to email Ritter. Of course, his email was not functioning on the 8th. Don't know if it is now or not. I doubt it was a coincidence. I bet they pulled the plug intentionally to avoid dealing with the backlash. Cowards. Oh yeah. And this was SO convenient. I was IMMEDIATELY emailing my colorado representatives and campaigning for repeal as soon as I got this email. I was furious. Tried to email Ritter. Of course, his email was not functioning on the 8th. Don’t know if it is now or not. I doubt it was a coincidence. I bet they pulled the plug intentionally to avoid dealing with the backlash. Cowards.

]]> By: Keith http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4217 Keith Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:26:26 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4217 Robyn: I couldn't say it better if I tried. Governments think in terms of cash in and cash out, but they don't calculate tertiary costs. Bad bills like this get passed all the time because we have elected officials who have no grasp of economics and business. Robyn: I couldn’t say it better if I tried. Governments think in terms of cash in and cash out, but they don’t calculate tertiary costs. Bad bills like this get passed all the time because we have elected officials who have no grasp of economics and business.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4216 Robyn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:03 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4216 This is a complicated issue brought on by the current economic climate. There is no doubt going to be a national internet sales tax assessed at some point in the future. Hopefully it will be disbursed back to the states. The small businesses like us are stuck in the middle of corporate clout (after years of witnessing the gross waste and ineptitude in corporate america I am starting to loathe corporate america as well) and an inept, inefficient, ineffective government that continues to erode our constitutional rights. Colorado is already underwater with the bill given what it probably cost to research and pass and the loss of income tax revenue from those that would have income from affiliate programs. They will likely get a fraction of the sales tax revenue they think they will. I think whether other companies follow Amazon will depend upon whether or not the business need the affiliates for marketing purposes. But just think of all the businesses that this impacts. Colorado is likely to be blacklisted from most just to be conservative. The government is ignorant if they think that corporations are going to build special assessment, reporting and remitting systems to appease just Colorado. What happened is exactly what they were warned would happen. As to the consumers self reporting use tax on untaxed purchases from out of state retailers with a 10% penalty for failure to do so? {snort} Say I spend $1000 a year on line. Estimate the tax for my jurisdiction at 4%. Taxes would be $40, My fine for not paying would be $4. Fine. I'll pay the state the $4 fine to do my bookkeeping for me so I don't have to keep track of my untaxed purchases myself. Sound like a revenue generating law to you? This was unquestionably asinine on part of Colorado government. This is an issue that needs to be addressed on a national level just to keep it administratively feasible. But governments never go so far as to research administration, execution and maintenance costs of the crappy programs they come up with. Cash for Clunkers? Bank bailouts? more of the same. This is a complicated issue brought on by the current economic climate. There is no doubt going to be a national internet sales tax assessed at some point in the future. Hopefully it will be disbursed back to the states.
The small businesses like us are stuck in the middle of corporate clout (after years of witnessing the gross waste and ineptitude in corporate america I am starting to loathe corporate america as well) and an inept, inefficient, ineffective government that continues to erode our constitutional rights.
Colorado is already underwater with the bill given what it probably cost to research and pass and the loss of income tax revenue from those that would have income from affiliate programs. They will likely get a fraction of the sales tax revenue they think they will.
I think whether other companies follow Amazon will depend upon whether or not the business need the affiliates for marketing purposes. But just think of all the businesses that this impacts. Colorado is likely to be blacklisted from most just to be conservative.
The government is ignorant if they think that corporations are going to build special assessment, reporting and remitting systems to appease just Colorado. What happened is exactly what they were warned would happen.
As to the consumers self reporting use tax on untaxed purchases from out of state retailers with a 10% penalty for failure to do so? {snort} Say I spend $1000 a year on line. Estimate the tax for my jurisdiction at 4%. Taxes would be $40, My fine for not paying would be $4. Fine. I’ll pay the state the $4 fine to do my bookkeeping for me so I don’t have to keep track of my untaxed purchases myself. Sound like a revenue generating law to you? This was unquestionably asinine on part of Colorado government. This is an issue that needs to be addressed on a national level just to keep it administratively feasible. But governments never go so far as to research administration, execution and maintenance costs of the crappy programs they come up with. Cash for Clunkers? Bank bailouts? more of the same.

]]> By: Keith http://www.almightydad.com/seo-sem/dear-colorado-based-amazon-associate-your-government-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-4202 Keith Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:11 +0000 http://www.almightydad.com/?p=8581#comment-4202 Rich: I'm sorry, but it IS the fault of the state legislature. Amazon wants to make money and I don't blame them. The state just wants to dip into more pockets because they can't control their own spending. I don't blame Amazon in the least, they aren't the ones doing the pick pocketing. You're saying that people deserve to get mugged if they have money. It's not the fault of the mugger because he needed money and the victim had it. Sure the state needs money, they could always spend less, right? That's unthinkable, I know. And since it's the state you don't see it as robbery, even though that's exactly what it is. They can't control their spending so they just find people to loot from. Simple as that. Amazon's ending of the affiliate program is a direct result of them being robbed by the state (that's what taxes are after all). We all accept being robbed to some extent, but at some point it's got to stop; we aren't endless wells for the government to tap. Amazon is engaging in a political game with the state in an attempt to get the state to repeal the law. I'd do the same thing, and I don't blame amazon even a little. Rich: I’m sorry, but it IS the fault of the state legislature. Amazon wants to make money and I don’t blame them. The state just wants to dip into more pockets because they can’t control their own spending. I don’t blame Amazon in the least, they aren’t the ones doing the pick pocketing. You’re saying that people deserve to get mugged if they have money. It’s not the fault of the mugger because he needed money and the victim had it. Sure the state needs money, they could always spend less, right? That’s unthinkable, I know. And since it’s the state you don’t see it as robbery, even though that’s exactly what it is. They can’t control their spending so they just find people to loot from. Simple as that. Amazon’s ending of the affiliate program is a direct result of them being robbed by the state (that’s what taxes are after all). We all accept being robbed to some extent, but at some point it’s got to stop; we aren’t endless wells for the government to tap. Amazon is engaging in a political game with the state in an attempt to get the state to repeal the law. I’d do the same thing, and I don’t blame amazon even a little.

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