Amazon wants voters to decide sales tax issue

Amazon plans to put a referendum on the California ballot to strike down the state’s Internet sales tax law that went into effect 11 days ago. “This is a referendum on jobs and investment in California,” said Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global public policy in Washington (DC). “We support this referendum against the recent sales tax legislation because, with unemployment at well over 11%, Californians deserve a voice and a choice about jobs, investment and the state’s economic future.”