Do you like getting the best prices you can when you shop on the net?

Do you like to pay extra so an out of state merchant can hire extra people and waste more time figuring out tax codes for states they do not have a presence in?

And what do these big spenders — big spenders with YOUR MONEY — spend it on?

Feel good “Projects” inane laws, more intrusion into your privacy, and whatever hand-outs they can come up with THEY (the politicians) think will get most of the people to vote for them to keep themselves in office… so they can waste public money on all sorts of things… like say in the case of Elliot Spitzer former Governor of NY… Hookers. High priced hookers.

Let me ask you a question…

Is paying for hookers… high priced call girls… for politicians where you want your tax dollars to go?

Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against job perks for jobs well done… but this is a bit overboard… don’t you agree?

Especially in this time of supposed fiscal belt tightening, where the politicians are crying

“there isn’t enough money in State funds to pay for education” (Spitzer got his… I’ll be he was educated on some new positions ),

or they cry whaa whaa whaaa “there’s not enough money to keep proven criminals in prison”, or care for the sick, or keep the libraries open every day, or…

You get the picture.

But they have enough money to go on expensive “fact finding missions” aka Junkets at tax payer expense. They can find enough money to pay $10,000 a month cell phone bills. They can find enough money to pay for private cars and chauffeurs to take them wherever they want to go… and this goes for local city level politicians too.

Why Your Internet Purchases May Cost You More, Due To Politicians Greed And Lust For YOUR Money

Do you like to pay extra so an out of state merchant can hire extra people and waste more time figuring out tax codes for states they do not have a presence in?

How would you like to see prices on everything you buy on the internet go up by at least 10% + the sales tax you should be paying… all because some greedy politicians want to get their grubby huge hands deeper into your pocket?

Well, if you like that idea, you will love New York.

As just reported…

New York Rules Out-of-State Web Merchants Must Collect State Taxes

Apr 16, 2008 1:44 PM , By Jim Tierney

The complete story can be read at…

target=”_new”>Illegal Taxation: New York Rules Out-of-State Web Merchants Must Collect State Taxes

The funny… actually stupid thing is… this law was already declared illegal… make that ILLEGAL… back in 1992 in the 1992 Supreme Court Decision, Quill Corp. vs. North Dakota cry and cry as the politicians will, and their cronies complaining that the ONLY reason they are not selling as much is because of “unfair” competition from out of state stores because the out of state stores don’t have to collect sales tax.

Did these stores ever think of the ADVANTAGES THE LOCAL STORES HAVE OVER OUT OF STATE RETAILERS?

Of course not. Everyone ONLY buys based on price.

We are all like lemmings. (this is sarcasm)

Specialization in an interest has nothing to do with it.

Customer service has nothing to do with it.

A pleasantry when we come in like maybe a simple “Thank You” has nothing to do with it./p>

Receiving notifications from out of state retailers on items they are carrying we may have an interest in has nothing to do with falling sales at local retailers.

Oh no… why it has to be that 3, or 4, or 8&151; sales tax.

Of course when we buy from an out of state retailer, we typically end up paying shipping which is about the same as the sales tax would be.

Maybe these Cry babies should look for a less costly location, and then reduce their prices… IF they think it is strictly a price issue.

Better yet… why not stat selling on the internet themselves and get even.

They Make Me Sick… The Whole Lot Of Them

And any store or company who believes I should have to pay higher prices so they can make more profit for themselves, I will boycott. I will refuse to buy a single thing from them. Even if they were the last water store and I was in the desert.

They are beneath contempt. Blaming others for their deficiencies in their business.

Hey Fast food places are hiring, maybe these cry baby store owners should go get a job there. They won’t have to face “unfair competition”

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Think it can’t happen? Well, it’s happening every day more and more. Especially if you live in the USA. Comcast is being sued for limiting peoples use of the internet. Other companies will soon be sued too.

When I heard about the Comcast case, I was happy. Rather than fighting spam which clogs up pipelines, they choose to limit the freedoms of their users. They restrict the bandwidth, and sites their users can go to.

I ask you… Is this right?

You pay for access to the internet. You are not paying an internet service provider for the right to have them dictate to you where and where not you can go on the net. You are not paying them to restrict your ability to create blogs, create pod casts, create videos and to post them.

But they are trying to do just that…

Do You Want Your Freedom To Post And Express Yourself On The Internet Limited By Your ISP?

I didn’t really believe this was possible, until after I read a post on a blog of a genius marketer Dean Hunt. Actually Dean has two blogs I read, http://deanhunt.com with his great Killer Bunnies, and fantastic insights. I only wish he lived around here so we could hang out together. And if you are not reading his blog… you should. It’s really funny, interesting, and insightful. A great break from all the drivel that’s out there… this blog included.

But I found out about ISP’s doing their best to limit our use of the internet on another of Dean’s blogs… called http://streetlessons.com a blog on marketing, by Dean Hunt and Barry Dunlop

They had a post there called…

Net Neutrality | Must Watch Video

It has a video from youtube. This video is a Must Watch

So Here it is

Enjoy and get really pissed off. Angry enough to write to your Senator, your Representative in congress. And badger them until… finally… they see the light. And they take action and stop the telephone companies from dictating how you can use the net, preventing competition on the net, dictating what you can see on the net, and destroying your voice to create your own content and enjoy and learn about others content.

Thanks For Reading!

Now go out and take some positive action.

Here is a list of Senators in the Congress of the United States

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

You can find your senators contact information. After you find it… use it. Keep your ability to find and create information free.

Here is a list of the members of the USA House of Representatives

Find your member and badger them about this until they take some action. We elect them. This is an election year. They need your vote to stay in office.

http://www.house.gov/

You can find them using the upper left hand side and look up your representatives office and contact information by entering your zip code.

Good Luck. Together let’s make some noise!

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