Amazon Fights Monsters

Amazon, Hooray. Amazon, Hooray. Amazon, Hooray.

If Dell is our irresponsible citizen corporation of the month, Amazon is the Hero Corporation of the Year. I safely say this with 8 months left to choose,  because an American corporation standing up to government is so rare that this may be the last such event in my lifetime.  What Amazon is doing ought to have been done by every chamber of commerce, and business in America when the Feds first made them tax collectors. At the least, they ought to be joining in this battle for freedom from monsters run amok. .  “ Amazon.com Sues To Stop N.Y. Tax By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | May 2, 2008 Amazon.com is fighting back with a lawsuit trying to strike down New York state’s new law forcing the online retailer to collect sales taxes on the state’s behalf. The dispute, which is before a state court in Manhattan, is heading toward a constitutional showdown that will center on whether New York State is hindering interstate commerce by imposing on out-of-state companies, such as Amazon.com, the burden of serving as a tax collector for New York. ”