
California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton has a certain way of talking that is familiar and even entertaining to those who know him, but “The Daily Show” seemed genuinely shocked to discover a politician who doesn’t give a shit about our Victorian sensibilities.
The issue at hand in the video below is Amazon’s battle with California to escape paying sales tax to the cash-strapped state. Or, as Burton puts it: “because they don’t want to have a goddamn sales tax like everybody else.” —PZS
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