[Libloather]

They can't stop...

[reefdiver]

If they want to keep their job’s they had better...

[EagleUSA]

We are witnessing the absence of a pro-American, for the people government. It has been replaced by thugs who think of nothing but how to steal more money from American individuals and businesses.

[Bobalu]

A pair of headphones...Amazon price 40.00 and free shipping.

After the tax meddling.

A pair of headphones...Amazon price 1.00 and 39.00 shipping.

[TomGuy]

"Fewer purchases at local retailers means less local jobs."

I just received a Black Friday order. The UPS truck, normally with one driver/deliverer, had 2 on board. So, someone has a new local job.

Elsewhere, someone had to locate the item at the warehouse. Someone had to sort. Someone to pack it. Someone to process it for shipping. Someone to deliver it to the shipping repository.

That doesn't include the one who had to process the initial order. Nor the credit card company which processed the purchase.

Just because the item(s) were not purchased locally does not mean 'jobs' were not involved.

Most items in the 'local' stores were manufactured and brought in from elsewhere -- many from China or Central America, etc.

Congress has been trying for years to figure out a way to tax Internet purchases. Several states are already trying to.

[Timber Rattler]

(Pennsylvania) State pushes for enforcement of tax law for online, out-of-state retailers

[lewislynn]

Conyers has introduced one of three bills currently in Congress to create a system for collecting sales taxes across state lines.

A 9-9-9, Fairtaxer's dream come true.

[ridesthemiles]

There is an Amazon distribution center about 19 miles from me. At this time of year, they are working 2 - 12 hour shifts per day. They are heavily advertising for workers on the local TV-—== revenue for the TV station, also.
They have so many workers on each shift that they are overflow parking into the Lowe’s next door. I was at Lowe’s last week, and I counted over 50 cars alone in the Lowe’s parking lot which were from Amazon. Since they were parked on the far outside edge, it was easy to count them. Over $12 per hour for straight time & over $18 for overtime.

For the totally Stuck on Stupid crowd-—these jobs ARE local jobs & they far exceed in number ANY POSSIBLE openings at local Mom & Pop stores.

If You all are so concerned about the local Mom & Pop businesses, work to reverse the crazy smoking bans the refugees from California taxes & regulations passed in 2006 or so which shut down hundreds of LOCAL Mom & Pop bars with casino machines. The costs of remodeling these VERY SMALL local bars in the rural parts of Nevada far exceeded the income they would gain. Therefore, they shut down. Even a VERY SMALL rural Mom & Pop bar/casino hired as many as 20 people because they are open 24/7/365 in this state & bartenders—small cafe services—& machine attendants added up.

In some of the rural parts of Nevada, losing 20 jobs in just one location was devastating.

Don’t like smoke? DON’T GO into the casino.

Most of all-—don’t mess with that which you have absolutely NO understanding of. Shutting down those bars & cafes over smoking has greatly added to the state having the highest unemployment of all 50 states. (57 states per Obama.)

[redgolum]

In all honesty, I am surprised the online tax exmeption has lasted this long.

It won’t for much longer, as states get more and more hungry for money.

[Fu-fu2]

I watched some of the hearing on this on Cspan. They have something called “streamlining” ready to go. Sounded like its a software that automatically loads, adds on the tax, which is forwarded to a third party who turns it over to the government. Still waiting for an explanation of taxing used goods on ebay. They were taxed at the original point of purchase. Now they are going to be taxed again if resold online?