Amazon - Wizards of The Coast Legend of Drizzt: A Dungeons and Dragons Board Game - $41.35 shipped

Quote from keeleon : What did they do to help Amazon?

Funded research that created the Internet, built reliable water and sewage distribution systems, provided fire protection, provided enforcement for the rule of law so that contracts are honored, funded research that miniaturized computer components leading to the PC and mobile phones, provided police protection, educated the work force, managed the monetary supply, provided retirement benefits for the work force, managed the air traffic control system to aid in shipping goods, regulated against monopolist practices and cartels which keeps prices low, regulated the banks and financial institutions that Amazon uses, provided disability insurance for the work force, ensured the food consumed by employees is safe, inspected the Amazon warehouses to ensure they are built correctly, guarded the sea lanes so imported goods can be delivered, protected intellectual property, and quite a few other things.

Quote from gmarglark : Funded research that created the Internet, built reliable water and sewage distribution systems, provided fire protection, provided enforcement for the rule of law so that contracts are honored, funded research that miniaturized computer components leading to the PC and mobile phones, provided police protection, educated the work force, managed the monetary supply, provided retirement benefits for the work force, managed the air traffic control system to aid in shipping goods, regulated against monopolist practices and cartels which keeps prices low, regulated the banks and financial institutions that Amazon uses, provided disability insurance for the work force, ensured the food consumed by employees is safe, inspected the Amazon warehouses to ensure they are built correctly, guarded the sea lanes so imported goods can be delivered, protected intellectual property, and quite a few other things.

Well that statement was more hyperbolic than anything. Amazon needs and uses all of those things. The only of those things I have or will ever had any use for are public roads, and guess what I already pay 30% from my regular job for those things...

Quote from keeleon : Well that statement was more hyperbolic than anything. Amazon needs and uses all of those things. The only of those things I have or will ever had any use for are public roads, and guess what I already pay 30% from my regular job for those things...

Since you were home schooled (or educated at a private school), use your friends for fire protection via bucket brigades, utilize threats of violence to protect yourself and enforce contracts and retain property, don't utilize any health care systems or medicine, have no need for modern (and regulated) telecommunication systems, grow and cook your own food, and only trade via barter and gold, have you considered moving to Somalia? Seriously, there's no intrusive big government there that would bother you and you would pay no taxes. It sounds like your life would be exactly the same, except you wouldn't have access to good roads but you would have 43% more under your mattress.

Quote from gmarglark : Since you were home schooled (or educated at a private school), use your friends for fire protection via bucket brigades, utilize threats of violence to protect yourself and enforce contracts and retain property, don't utilize any health care systems or medicine, have no need for modern (and regulated) telecommunication systems, grow and cook your own food, and only trade via barter and gold, have you considered moving to Somalia? Seriously, there's no intrusive big government there that would bother you and you would pay no taxes. It sounds like your life would be exactly the same, except you wouldn't have access to good roads but you would have 43% more under your mattress.

I did not say I think ALL taxes are bad. I have a job, and I pay income tax. I wish it was lower, but I understand the need. I then take that decreased amount of money and buy things I like and pay sales tax on them, I pay my bills and pay the taxes associated with those. I buy gas and pay the tax on that. I also pay my own insurance out of my pocket, and pay plenty of "phone and telecommunications" bills (if that doesn't go to "infrastructure", what does?)

I take the money I have left over all those other things are paid and start a business (I do not qualify for a loan from the government you see) and then pay sales tax on the things I make and sell. THEN, I am taxed on my profit, and if I draw any income from this business, I then pay income tax on THAT amount. I then take that decreased amount of money, and try and buy more things that I like.

I have access to all those same things regardless of what I do with my free time. My income and sales tax have already paid for those things you listed. But I am then further taxed for trying to better myself, and if I try and keep my prices low so that I actually sell anything, nearly all of the profit is consumed by the government. Thus I would have been just as well off had I sat at home watching "Honey Boo-Boo" with my thumb up my butt.

Even THAT wouldn't be so bad, except, I work in public education, and I am forced to see day by day the inefficiency and waste that happens with the tax money that is collected. And if anyone tries to contest it and be more efficient they are squashed by the bureaucracy, politics and red tape "required" for the system to work. And that's just ONE public sector the money goes to. I know they are ALL highly inefficient and wasteful, and there's very little anyone can do about it.

I'm sure the government gets PLENTY of money from a corporation as large as Amazon via income and business taxes. "Sales tax" is just another greedy grab on top. If it weren't for ALL of these things, I wouldn't have such a hard time with "taxes" being added, but when they're added to EVERYTHING and then used ineffectively, it makes me mad enough to post a single sentence snarky comment about them!

TLDR;

WotC makes some great games, and after playing Ravenloft, I can easily recommend this one.

Fantastic game! Look forward to playing this again!