Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Chatterton Story
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:26:14 -0500

Just makes me want to do more business with Chatterton. Besides, he
wouldn't pay the sales tax, you would. He'd just have to collect it. He's
avoiding paperwork, not payment. He pays his taxes when he SPENDS money.
That's how sales taxes work.

Tom

At 01:42 AM 3/19/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-03-18 19:26:23 EST, you write:
>
><< Chatterton didn't do anything dishonorable or dishonest, and yes, I 
> guess you can't expect a company to handle all usual traffic when operating
>at 
> one-third staff.  But... somehow it still left a bad taste in my mouth.  >>
>
>Here in the state of Washington, where Don runs his mailorder operation,
there
>is NO state income tax.  Our budget is financed by sales tax only, (8.75%).
>Don escapes contributions to the upkeep of the state by not doing business
>with any Washingtonians.  Am I bitter? yes, he has many good deals.  Is this
>right? no, he should be obliged to collect taxes to support our state.  By
the
>amount of items that seem to go through his web page the state could reap a
>heafty amount.  Things would be different if we had an income tax, he
would at
>least be paying his share to the state.
>Al
>
>