Just the Facts
Fact - Amazon didn't drop the affiliates in New York - because it was the first state to pass this type of legislation and thus is being used as the geographic location for a court case working it's way through the system (currently in the Court of Appeals).
Fact - Amazon dropped all their affiliates in North Carolina, Rhode Island, Colorado, Illinois and Arkansas since this legislation passed there.
Fact - Hundreds of other online merchants dropped affiliates throughout New York and the other states which have passed this tax; this legislation involves thousands of companies besides Amazon, but they are an easy target because of their visibility.
Fact - Colorado anticipated collecting $5MM annually from this tax, but only collected $20,000 last year.
Fact - North Carolina, Rhode Island and Colorado have all introduced legislation to repeal or modify this law because it is such a failure. The supposed modifications in the CA bill will not result is additional success for the state, and in fact may further hurt this industry.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
