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Some Illinois-based Web businesses were furious Thursday at a legislative plan that would require online retailers, such as Amazon.com and Overstock.com, to collect a 6.25 percent state tax if they have commissioned affiliates in the state.
That puts at risk huge revenue streams for such Illinois-based Web sites as FatWallet.com, CouponCabin.com and BradsDeals.com, which receive much of their commissions from sending customers to major online retailers. Their commissions are at risk because large retailers have shown in the past that they will sever business relationships with affiliates like those to avoid collecting state sales tax, called a use tax in Illinois, on products they sell.
Will the last person leaving the state please turn off the lights.
If the people of Illinois don't like what's happening, they can vote for new representatives. They're also free to move to Wyoming.
It appears that Il has the same problem that NJ has. Most of the political power is in the hands of highly populated urban areas dominated by old fashioned, corrupt political machines.
To them the suburbs and rural areas are nothing more than ATMs to fund their pet constituencies.
It appears that Il has the same problem that NJ has. Most of the political power is in the hands of highly populated urban areas dominated by old fashioned, corrupt political machines.
To them the suburbs and rural areas are nothing more than ATMs to fund their pet constituencies.
It can really destroy a state's financial health.
I think every state faces that challenge of the urban imbalance of power/votes vs. rural. Oh wait, most of the states are suffering financially.
I feel bad for the Illinois taxpayers who live outside Chicago. From what I read only two counties in the state (including Cook) voted to re-elect this Democrat Governor. But because Chicago/Cook County is so heavily populated it had enough influence to decide this election. This Governor all along said he would raise taxes but nobody knew it would be by this drastic of an amount.
I feel bad for the Illinois taxpayers who live outside Chicago. From what I read only two counties in the state (including Cook) voted to re-elect this Democrat Governor. But because Chicago/Cook County is so heavily populated it had enough influence to decide this election. This Governor all along said he would raise taxes but nobody knew it would be by this drastic of an amount.
Looks like our states will be taking in more fleeing tax refugees from Illinois. Now if they can just remember, when they get here, what caused them to flee their states and come to our conservative states so they don't turn our states into the disasters they just fled.
In this housing market--the average worker is going nowhere and will end up sucking it up.
In this economy the average worker is probably unemployed and doesn't have an income to tax.
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