Alliance For Main Street Fairness Launches New Web Video

"Under The Bus Starring Jeff Bezos" Profiles Amazon.com's Willingness To Roll Small Businesses To Maintain Its Unfair Advantage

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Main Street Fairness (AMSF) today launched a new Web video titled, "Under the Bus Starring Jeff Bezos," which addresses Amazon.com's willingness to roll small businesses to maintain its unfair advantage even though the online-only retailer "does at least half of its business in places where it collects sales taxes," including Europe.

To view the Web video, click here.

SCRIPT:

Jeff Bezos says no way.  Amazon.com won't collect sales tax from its customers. No how. No way.

Don't worry though. Amazon collects some sales taxes. Check this out.

Quote, "he noted that Amazon already does at least half of its business in places where it collects sales taxes."

Really? Amazon won't collect sales tax from customers here...

...but it's happy to in France? Oui oui.

They're responsible corporate citizens in England....

...and Amazon would collect the taxes that fund education and health care in Poland...

…or law enforcement in Spain. Ole'.

But they won't collect a dime to educate kids in California…

...or keep the streets safe in Philadelphia...

In fact, they won't collect sales taxes in four fifths of the country, hurting brick and mortar retailers and costing us jobs.

Amazon is so determined to avoid collecting sales taxes in some states that took them on, Amazon dumped thousands of small businesses as affiliates.

...threw them right under the bus.

Jeff Bezos says quote, "we think our position is a good one. And we'll stick with it."

Good for Amazon. Great for Europe. But it's just not fair to the rest of us.

SOURCE Alliance for Main Street Fairness

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