A fool and his money are soon parted..

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Eh, so what? Even if I had to start paying sales tax on stuff at Amazon, I will probably still find things cheaper there AND without spending hours of wasted time and energy plus extra gasoline driving all over the place trying to buy something that isn't available from a local retailer no matter how much tax I'd be paying on it here.

I've actually paid slightly more for some things purchased through Amazon than I might have paid at a local Wal-mart, sales tax included, simply because it was worth it to avoid trekking all over creation trying to find the one store that had that specific item in stock.

Well put. I spend thousands a year there without a hitch.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Well put. I spend thousands a year there without a hitch.

I have the same complaint about Amazon that I have about my local guitar store: Too much stuff I want, and not enough monies!

[UnderseaLcpl]

And fraud is funny to you, TvM? Why?

And fraud is funny to you, TvM? Why?

If it was fraud it would be against the law.

[SteamWake]

Wow PAC's get their money through donations, shocking. At least the money was 'given' and not 'taken'.

Other stimulus expenditures listed are $554,000 to replace windows in a closed National Park Service visitor center that has no plans to be re-opened; $1.9 million to study exotic ants; $298,543 to study weather conditions on other planets; $199,862 to help Siberians lobby Russian policymakers; $71,623 to study how monkeys react to cocaine; and $712,883 for researchers at Northwestern University to develop a joke machine.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/po...-99940564.html

A joke machine

[ETR3(SS)]

Hey, don't under estimate the power of a joke!

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

If it was fraud it would be against the law.

That would only be true if fraud was against the law. It depends upon how you define fraud, and nowhere is that more true than in the justice system.