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Our President tweets on Amazon

Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:18 am
Posted by Seldom Seen
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:18 am
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:19 am to
quote:

and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!



tough shite
Posted by pleading the fifth
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:19 am to
I love Amazon
Posted by TrueTiger
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Member since Sep 2004
67974 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:20 am to
well uh,

the Postal system operating at a loss is not Amazon's fault.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:20 am to
Why is it tough shite if Amazon is getting benefits other companies don't?
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:20 am to
quote:

Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!


none of which are the fault of Amazon

Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:21 am to
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Why is it tough shite if Amazon is getting benefits other companies don't?


are they?
Posted by tigerbaitlawyer
Member since Jun 2016
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:21 am to
but State and local governments are losing tax dollars.
Posted by ThruThickandThin
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:22 am to
I love my President and he loves America!
Posted by Esquire
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:24 am to
We love our big government, don’t we folks?
Posted by Haughton99
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:25 am to
He's such a petty little bitch sometimes. Please tell me how Amazon is breaking current tax law? Are they supposed to voluntarily pay a higher rate than required?

They pay a lower rate with the Postal System because they are the Postal Service's largest customer. Has he heard of volume discounts before?

And putting small retailers out of business? Since when did the Republican party stop believing in capitalism?

This is 0% about Amazon business practices and 100% about trying to tank their stock because the Washington Post won't be a propaganda tool for him like Fox News.

Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:25 am to
Trump just trolling Bezos
Posted by Iosh
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Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:25 am to
The postal service operates at a loss due to mail. Their parcel services are profitable, and incidentally compete with UPS/Fedex so raising prices on those would just provoke Amazon to switch and make the postal service lose even more money.
Posted by Jyrdis
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:27 am to
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use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.)


To be fair, the postal system has been hemorrhaging money for a long time.
Posted by TrueTiger
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Member since Sep 2004
67974 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:27 am to
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but State and local governments are losing tax dollars.



Absolutely true,

but still not Amazon's fault.


In Louisiana for instance the law is that the citizen is responsible for paying the tax on mail and internet ordered goods

so, it is not Amazon's fault that citizens are violating the tax laws
Posted by Haughton99
Haughton
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:27 am to
quote:

Trump just trolling Bezos


A rare time that we agree. Where we disagree is whether this is something the President of the United States should spend his time doing.
Posted by IrishTiger89
Member since May 2017
1492 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:28 am to
Yeah they operate under the same tax code that every company in this country operates under including the Trump Organization
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:28 am to
UPS and FedEx are begging Trump to kill the USPS deal so they can "lose" money with Amazon
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
73827 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:28 am to
quote:

This is 0% about Amazon business practices and 100% about trying to tank their stock because the Washington Post won't be a propaganda tool for him like Fox News



Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
12350 posts
Posted on 3/29/18 at 7:28 am to
Donald doesn't understand free market capitalism?

I am pretty sure that Amazon collects state sales tax.
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