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<\/p>\nThe true cost of the U.S. Government’s continued lax attitude about the amazon.com monopoly has come to light in studies conducted by the American Booksellers Association and other independent groups.\u00a0 Amazon has a virtual monopoly on the book business, both new and used.\u00a0 They also have similar status in other industries, and despite raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from the Pentagon, Retail Sales, and C.I.A. purchase of “Cloud” space, they still didn’t pay a dime of income tax last year.<\/p>\n
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That’s right folks, a profit of 11.2 Billion Dollars and not a penny of income tax.\u00a0 Worse, they got 129 million back as a refund for “tax credits”.\u00a0 The year before they made 5.6 billion, and paid nothing.\u00a0 Click here for details on Amazon Federal Taxes.<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s some more interesting facts from a recent One Year Period:<\/p>\n Amount of lost revenue to State and Local governments:\u00a0 1.2 Billion Dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n The equivalent of 39,000 retail storefronts were displaced by amazon’s monopoly practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n Estimated 220,000 retail jobs lost.<\/strong><\/p>\n Click Here<\/a> to read more details from the report from the ABA.<\/p>\n It is far past the time that the remaining independent and used book dealers get together and devise a strategy to fight the amazon monopoly.\u00a0 It doesn’t look like the government is going to be of much help, they are too busy shoveling hundreds of millions to them for Defense Department items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" American Booksellers Association and Other Indie Studies Reveal Shocking Truth The true cost of the U.S. Government’s continued lax attitude about the amazon.com monopoly has come to light in studies conducted by the American Booksellers Association and other independent groups.\u00a0 … Continue reading