[Valpal1]

Can anybody point me to a grassroots group or website that is fighting this tax?

[Bikers4Bush]

They just can't keep their thieving hands out of our pockets.

[oceanview]

the real question to ask: is the Republican Congress and Bush going to pass this law? Its is essentially the nucleaus of a national sales tax, delivered to the states.

[martin_fierro]

www.nointernettax.org

Various resources

Google search

[Henrietta]

Argh. My nearly tax-free life is about to go down the drain. And here in NV, they even tax the shipping and handling. This is gross.

[whereasandsoforth]

As a former business owner that had to collect and remit sales tax, I say to hell with them. We need to band together and stop being tax collectors for the federal, state, and local taxing agencies. Tell these taxing bas***ds if they want to collect a tax, go get it themselves.

[upchuck]

It's not been a joyful day for conservatives.

First the SCOTUS stomps the First Amendment into the ground and now this. Sad... sad.

[absinthe]

U.S. Constitution, Section IX:

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

[sergeantdave]

Republicans show strong support for tax? And the difference between them and demonrats is...what?

I believe the first revolution was hatched with whiskey sitting on the table. Think I'll go pour myself a scotch.

[Still Thinking]

The hypocrites who are constantly pushing this tripe claim that they simply want to "level the playing field" for brick and mortar operations in their home states, conveniently overlooking the fact that they could make it just as level by repealing the sales tax on the traditional merchants. No matter, though, because the more appropriate comparison is a mail order house, which is not required to collect tax on interstate shipments as this would be interdiction of interstate trade. These greedy leeches are incapable of intellectual honesty.

[jjm2111]

It's never enough.

[Myrddin]

The standard equation is still price + tax + shipping. If the online merchant beats the local price + tax + round trip expense, then the online merchant gets the business. I have to drive 46 miles to Idaho Falls to get to a Barnes & Noble bookstore. That's $33 in transportation expense as permitted by Uncle Sam. Plus another 6% state sales tax. Amazon has better prices than the best day at B&N, they don't charge tax and most items ship free because they exceed $25. Amazon is still going to win with online sales tax.

That said, I'm totally against sales tax for internet purchases.

[RightWhale]

If there is to be taxation, it ought to be on the same basis as mail-order taxation.