Received a Bill for State Tax on An Amp Bought in Canada Last Year

Strange thing about all the money in CA; In spite of "rolling" in money, CA has the largest homeless population in the US. 1 in 4 homeless Americans are Californians.

We have the most populous state, by far, of any in the nation. 40 million people reside here and 2nd place goes to Texas, with 29 million. Put everything into proportion and perspective and your stat, taken out of any sensible context, is weak. One in four families are at the food scarcity level in the entire US, not knowing where their next meal will come from. That’s just the average and in some states, it’s much, much worse.

A lot of the homeless come here to get away from other states that treat them poorly. In fact, some of those states criminalize homelessness and they look down on them, punishing them when they can. Besides, the weather here is mostly nice, year round, so add it all up and Bob’s your uncle.

Using google, look up any state and their homeless rate, and compare that to their population as a whole, and get back to me on what you find out. While doing that, also look into what each state does for their working poor as well as their homeless.

All the best,
Nonoise

PS: a real quick search showed your stats to be misinterpreted, at best, or an outright lie, at worse. 
California has a homeless population of 0.4%, but has 22% of the nation's homeless. 13% of the homeless come from out of state. The rest are residents who fell on hard times, mostly through medical bills that bankrupted them. 

Cleeds,

I don’t think you are correct. It only applies to retail sales, even the link says this. How the heck would you pay it! Ha!  You don’t file a state income tax form. Makes no sense

Wow.  So much California Bashing.  Most have no real clue what they are actually talking about.

Laws were passed some years ago regarding internet sales and that sales taxes had to be reported to the IRS.  Most people still don't do that by-the-way.

Also, this is one major area where internet sales prices were lower than brick and mortar store prices.  The internet seller didn't add sales taxes to the total price. So, brick and mortar stores started failing.  now people are actually complaining that there are not stores in their neighborhoods.  Go figure.

I for one prefer to do business with local brick and mortar stores, pay slightly more to have them stay in business.  but that's me.  But, it is getting harder to find them now.  Especially book stores.  Still have Vroman's in Pasadena.  Wow, what a book store.

I for one have absolutely no problem paying extra taxes for public health care and other things. I think that is what a civilized country should do.  But again, that is just me.  

as far as sales tax is concerned, I know California and many other states passed laws mandating that sales tax has to be recorded and paid for new and used equipment.  I don't understand the need for sales taxes on used equipment, when the sales tax was initially paid with the original purchase.  Seems like double dipping.  I don't think this is fair.  But, maybe I'm missing something. 

If a person buys something new in California, they pay the sales tax.  If they sell it to another person in California, why should there be a second sales tax?  don't get that one.

enjoy

• "The rest are residents who fell on hard times, mostly through medical bills that bankrupted them."

Most of the homeless population is suffering from substance abuse and/or suffering from mental illnesses of one type or another.

What are the compassionate policies being offered by the extremists on the radical left doing to solve the problem, other than to exacerbate it? 

https://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/07/10/opinion/aclu-lawsuit-caused-the-big-expansion-of-homeles...