While Democrats in Jefferson City argued over Clowngate, online retail giant Amazon dropped Missouri from its affiliate program.
Amazon Associates are people who write blogs or product reviews then link to Amazon.com. They collect commissions if people use their link to buy at Amazon.
The Kansas City Star reports that Amazon blames its decision on to sever ties with its Missouri associates a new Missouri new law that takes effect this month subjecting those transactions to sales taxes. The retailer says it will no longer pay advertising fees for customers referred to an Amazon site after Aug. 27.
I know a lot of part time and full time folks who depend on their Amazon affiliate paychecks to supplement their income.
Amazon’s email to its associates in the state called the new law unconstitutional. LaFaver said the legislature did not hear from the company when the bill was being debated.
LaFaver and his party focused on the rodeo clown while Missouri bled jobs.
Missouri’s legislature included the streamline agreement in the sweeping tax bill that Gov. Jay Nixon recently vetoed. There may be a vote to override his veto.
Not only did Missouri Democrats block Missourians’s ability to keep more of the money they earned via a tax cut, but they also included a measure to kill off more jobs. Classic: demand more money from a burdened constituency while reducing their ability to find work and pay for it.
