Amazon’s fired Colo. affilliates see how Democrats’ Internet taxes hurt small e-commerce businesses

by Donald E. L. Johnson | 9:18 pm, March 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Fired Colorado businesses and not-for-profits that were affiliates of Amazon until Governor Bill Ritter and tax and spend Democrats in the General Assembly enacted a new tax that caused Amazon to suspend its affiliations with Colorado-based web sites are learning that the Democrats are anti-small business. That's not news. The news is that there are some outraged former affiliates of Amazon who are staging a revolt in the comment's section of the Denver Post's comment section. When we had an e-commerce business we collected the state's sales taxes from our Colorado customers. And most e-commerce sites based in Colorado did the same. But in their greed for tax revenues, Ritter and his fellow Democrats over-reached despite warnings from Amazon and other small businesses. Now they get to play defense during the election campaign. Their problem is that they can't defend their blind irresponsibility. Read the comments on Jessica Fender's blog at The Spot. They're very entertaining. Chuck Plunkett notes that Hickenlooper misses his chance on Amazon tax. Scott McInnis put out a press release blasting Hickenlooper's complicity in passing the Internet tax that is costing Colorado businesses money.

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