Not to fuel the fire, But I would take a couple as well... all of my children are learning Linux...if they are not part Penguin now, they soon will be. ----- Original Message ----- From: "swede" <danyberg at gmail.com> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 2:21:11 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [tclug-list] selling TCLUG gear (was "tclug-list Digest, Vol 72, Issue 14") Message: 8 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:13:33 -0600 From: Erik Mitchell < erik.mitchell at gmail.com > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] selling TCLUG gear (was "tclug-list Digest, Vol 72, Issue 14") To: TCLUG Mailing List < tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: < AANLkTimb2QdQ5jgMwdEkRPCXzChPEj1YXCxBmGTJ47ne at mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 That's it. I'm making some fucking t-shirts. I'll buy two, one for me and one for Chuck. Maybe it'll shut him up for a while. On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Chuck Cole < cncole at earthlink.net > wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >> [mailto: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org ]On Behalf Of Robert >> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:56 PM >> To: TCLUG Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] selling TCLUG gear (was "tclug-list Digest, >> Vol 72, Issue 14") >> >> >> Sole proprietors can sell in an "established manner", in many cases >> requiring no "license or registration", there are no state of federal >> taxes on most clothing or prepackaged food, and if it WERE illegal to >> ship shirts USPS, there is always UPS and Fedex. >> >> ... and if there is no formal organization to complain, you can't be >> infringing on their rights. >> >> My advice - Consult an attorney, not Chuck. > > You know some of the story, but doesn't seem you know a whole picture of any > of this. ?There are no exemptions for sole proprietors (or others) from > income taxes unless registrations and certain filings are made so you are > not actually correct. ?While one may not get caught, it's not legal, and is > just as potentially incendiary as posting a job announcement somebody > considers discriminatory. ?I would expect that laws about shipping goods or > tax evasion techniques apply similarly for UPS and FedEx as for USPS. ?I > never suggested that you or I be consulted on this. ?Suggesting tax evasion > marks your expertise in this. ?I've run several businesses with over ten > years history and consulted attorneys as well as accountants: I've BTDT, can > you say the same? > > > Chuck > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." - Ronald Reagan <>< _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101217/ced5b768/attachment.htm