[thinktwice]

What's been keeping the tax man's hand out of this cookie jar thus far is a long history of Supreme Court jurisprudence. Most recently in its 1992 Quill decision, the Court held that the nation's 7,600 tax jurisdictions could impose tax-collection burdens only on companies with a nexus in the taxing jurisdiction.

A One World taxing agency means the ultimate destruction of human freedom.

[unixfox]

Before a Congress under GOP control extends any more taxing authority to the states, it might consider that the underlying problem is overspending, not lack of revenue.

(((((( HOLDING BREATH )))))

[lewislynn]

Tax simplification would certainly be welcome, but granting local officials open-ended tax authority over interstate commerce looks like the first step toward a national sales tax. Having witnessed the economic damage caused by value-added taxes in Europe, we're not eager to see it duplicated here.

NST shills will tell you it isn't a VAT (yet) but the NST proposals DO tax other taxes, fees etc. imposed before it...The NST propsals are a tax "of the gross payments including federal taxes"...

[szweig]

Life would be so much simpler if these governmental c*cks*ckers would CUT THEIR SPENDING!! Then they would not always be in search of new "revenue enhancers".

[Paul C. Jesup]

We can't think of a better way to handicap a technology with uses the world is just beginning to understand.

Actually the RIAA/MPAA puppets at the FCC want to cripple technology.

[demlosers]

Not going to happen...

[camas]

if a tax on the sales is say 10% i bet the price will go up 10% with less then 1% going to the taxer. hell they can't even stop spam how do they think they can collect the sales tax.

[Pagey]

Tax simplification would certainly be welcome, but granting local officials open-ended tax authority over interstate commerce looks like the first step toward a national sales tax. Having witnessed the economic damage caused by value-added taxes in Europe, we're not eager to see it duplicated here.

A Big Fat BUMP to those 2 sentences!

[CSM]

Danny,

Would you support this elimination of the free cybermarket?

[SheLion]

A One World taxing agency means the ultimate destruction of human freedom.

This is impossible. The whole world uses the Net. How in the world do our lawmakers think they can even BEGIN to collect taxes from people overseas. This is a Star Wars Invention.