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Online sales tax to be added to defense authorization bill [Goodbye Internet Sales]
The Daily Caller ^
| 12-06-2012
| Betsi Fores
Posted on 12/06/2012 11:10:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Doesn't matter to me.
Next year I am going so Galt the NSA will think I must have died.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:12:25 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." - Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Doesn't matter to me. Matters to me.
Still good bulk ammo sales available on line...
To: Red Badger
Still, a recent poll indicates that the majority of Americans support the idea, describing an online sales tax as common sense. They also feel that a tax for online purchases would encourage people to buy local and keep tax dollars in their community. Americans sure have gone far to the side of government-induced behavior modification and away from personal freedom. I truly do not recognize this country anymore.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:18:58 AM PST
by
ScottinVA
(I've never been more disgusted with American voters.)
To: Red Badger
More "fairness" at work. Fine. I stop shopping via the internet. It will reduce my exposure to phishing. Frankly, I've been phished pretty hard this last week. Besides, who will have money to spend after the tax increases?
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:21:27 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Red Badger
There are states where the sales tax rate changes town to town, county to county and borough to borough. How the heck are online retailers supposed to keep up with THAT?
Or the gazillion exceptions and exemptions in the PA sales tax code?
To: Red Badger
We are optimistic that once the Marketplace Fairness Act is brought for a vote, it will have enough support to pass, said Illinois Democratic Sen. Richard Durbins spokeswoman, Christina Mulka. If it has enough support to pass, let it stand on its own merit and don't piggyback it off a defense bill.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:27:28 AM PST
by
Hoffer Rand
(There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
To: Red Badger
Our inillustrious Congress....
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:30:09 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: Red Badger
Notice that Mike Enzi is all for it. Go figure. He has no clue as to what this would do to small businesses. I’ve spent my business career since 1996 helping large corporations navigate multi-state sales and use tax issues (and other excise taxes). Asking a small seller to keep up with the tax laws of thousands of jurisdictions is ridiculous. All it will do is kill small business and create a new bureaucracy.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:31:51 AM PST
by
cizinec
("Brother, your best friend ain't your Momma, it's the Field Artillery.")
To: Red Badger
Since the bill is about "fairness", I presume that no tax will be collected from residents of states like mine that have no sales tax.
Right?
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:32:15 AM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Diseases desperate grown are by desperate appliance relieved or not at all.)
To: Red Badger
It’s just another Golden egg laying Goose the Government wants to kill in their never-ending effort to tax every stinking dime out of Americans .
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:36:01 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:36:11 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Red Badger
Taxes, taxes, taxes. :)
You voted for them America - now fork it over.
Pay your fair share. The liberals running the government won’t, so you’ll have to pick up the slack. LOL!
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:38:55 AM PST
by
Tzimisce
(What do you do when every every branch of the government is corrupt and aligned against you?)
To: Red Badger
If you are a Republican joining hands with Dick Durbin, then you know you've jumped the shark. But then, it looks like the whole party and half the country has done that, if we are to be a party governed by polls rather than pols.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:39:06 AM PST
by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
To: Red Badger; ScottinVA
Still, a recent poll indicates that the majority of Americans support the idea, describing an online sales tax as common sense. And exactly what freaking poll would that be!
To: ScottinVA
That’s how you know America is dead. The people seek to tax themselves. The SHEEP have come home to roost. Thanks, teachers. /s
To: Buckeye McFrog
The International Council of Shopping Centers??????
oh well anyway. Here de Vat, here come de Vat everybody ready cuz here. one de VAT!
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:47:03 AM PST
by
Gasshog
To: Red Badger
said Betsy Laird, senior vice president of global public policy for the International Council of Shopping Centers. WTF?
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:53:36 AM PST
by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: Focault's Pendulum
America is not a majoritarian country. We’re founded as a republic in which majority opinoin doesn’t count. It’s the entire idea of individual rights.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:54:10 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Red Badger
Some Republicans are on board, with Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi as the most overlooked tax loophole. Sounds like a Scott Brown clone.
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posted on
12/06/2012 11:54:10 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.)
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