The corporations own our government officials, and it is costing you and I every single day…add in a whiff of the corrupting influence of lobbyists and big business bullying and you’ve got another example of just how corrupt this state is…..From the St. Petersburg Times:
State Rep. Rick Kriseman said the Department of Revenue was walking away from an estimated $500 million a year in state and local sales taxes because it has refused to force payment from online travel companies like Expedia and Travelocity who sell hotel rooms on behalf of large hotel chains.
Since June, however, the department has said it is not clear whether the industry owes the tax “” an apparent contradiction to advice it gave the hotel industry in its online “Standard Industry Guide” as recently as January.
