To: CSM
"Would you support this elimination of the free cybermarket? "No, at least not at this time.
First, the internet technology is still developing and it represents a great productivity boost. Government should supplement this technology and the Fed's prohibiting taxes does that.
Second, how to tax it is problematic. If the transaction is considered to occur at the seller's location, seller's of any substantial volume will quickly locate to the lowest tax zones in the country. If the transaction is considered to occur at the buyer's location, then both the tax calculation which presumably would include both state and local taxes, as well as enforcement are difficult. If and when it is taxed, the Federal Government will have to set the rules.
Third, I'm not in favor of giving government more taxes. They need to manage what they get now better.
16 posted on
10/21/2003 2:40:59 PM PDT by
DannyTN
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To: DannyTN; SheLion
I am amazed that you can walk with one foot on each side of this issue. You say you don't support taxes at this time, implying that at some time it may be appropriate. Then you say that the internet is a great productivity tool and the government should supplement the technology. By not taxing it the government does that. What, a lack of government taxing is a form of government supplementation? You don't give enough credit to the private sector and you give to much credit to the government. Then you go on a discussion on the difficulty of accomplishing the tax, like you would be searching for a solution, then you say you are against taxing it at all. At one point you even say "If and when it is taxed", if and when are not interchangeable, they have different meanings.
I appreciate your third point, but you waffle on the wrong side to much.
17 posted on
10/22/2003 5:55:38 AM PDT by
CSM
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