Layoffs acomin, there be dancin tonight.

Taxes kill jobs. Even though they may build roads, restart banks, investment firms and sustain non-resident farmers in their Country Clubs across America, well they also K I L L J O B S. Don’t they?

In texas, taxes are low. The common claim is that they are zero. Can’t get much lower, yet apparently most companies aren’t rational, since most corporations are not headquartered in Big T, no T.

Of course Gov Perry won’t be bragging about the loss of jobs in Irving. Not of much significance that Amazon has WARN noticed its intent to close its Texas facility April 13, 2011 because of a dispute over, hell, can this be correct “TAXES?” 119 employees (aka: tax payer; rarely known as citizen) are being fired and Amazon’s fulfillment center is closing. You see, Texas does tax. They just don’t call most of them taxes. This is one of the zits on the Texas Bull.

So why is Amazon leaving Texas? They are being asked to collect sales tax on mail order items since they have a processing facility in Texas. Sales tax is a tax, but not on capital. Sales tax is a small tax on the consumer, not the producer. It isn’t a tax on money. That is why it falls into the consertaive-govertment-takes-my-money so I-need-a-gun mind mold. Amazon is leaving because this tax is on their customer, and frankly, Amazon can do the job of fulfillment better from a different state.