[1010RD]

No, the brick and mortars are getting the raw deal. It is the populace that is subsidized through business/investor owned Real Estate.

They vote, but businesses/investors cannot vote on property owned, only where they live. So you get them paying for your schools, police, fire, sanitation, water, etc.

All of which are better off in private hands for the most part. If taxes were fair you’d only pay them on property where you could vote.

No taxation without representation is fundamental to the idea of America.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I thought I was agreeing with your previous comments. The local b&m businesses have been getting a raw deal. The problem is how to fix it. Most people here don't think that taxing the Internet businesses is the best fix — they'd rather lower or eliminate taxes. I can't disagree with them on those points. I've just been saying that, if you are going to have taxes at all, they should be applied fairly. Unfortunately, it seems that “fair taxation” is almost oxymoronic.