It doesn't and will get smacked down by the Federal Courts, the Supreme Court already ruled in 1992 that states can't collect sales tax on business's that don't have a physical presence (or Nexus) in the state (which is why states can't collect sales tax on internet sales today). No federal law can override a Supreme Court's ruling on the Constitution, (that would take a Constitutional amendment). My guess is that they are trying to scare businesses into doing it, knowing it will take years for a lawsuit to work it's way through the courts, then once the system is set up, it will be easier for them to just keep doing it regardless of the eventual ruling.
IbJensen~:” It has nothing to do with taxing the hell out of the confused and tax-impoverished citizens.”
apillar~:”.. knowing it will take years for a lawsuit to work it’s way through the courts, then once the system is set up, it will be easier for them to just keep doing it regardless of the eventual ruling.”
It is just an immediate “knee-jerk” response to Congress inability to control their own spending.
It allows them to ‘kick the can down the road’ a bit longer and not deal with their own moral and financial bankruptcy.
This way we all end up contributing to continuation of status quo , without solving the spending issue.
Silence on this issue is a decision to continue Congress’ insatiable appetite for revenue.
Illegal ~ heck yeah !
But since when has ‘over-reach’ held this administration or Congress back from obeying Constitutional law ?
But it will institutionalize this form of non-representative taxation
All this “hope and change” .. is now ‘beans and franks’ for everyone .. except Congress.
Wrong. The courts ruled that the congress had to act to enable states to collect this tax. That is what congress is now discussing.