I appreciate your return comments. Look, it’s that simple if we accept it. I do not accept it. Many millions of others don’t accept it either.
Once again, should we be granting new ground for taxation, or reducing the places where taxes can be charged?
You and I should be on the same side here.
No matter what has been the plan all along, I do not accept the idea that we should roll over and happily accept taxation on the internet.
Well, heck! It ain’t like I like taxes, ya know... LOL...
But, all I’m saying is that when I was in Oregon, I didn’t have to pay sales taxes (none in that state) and then I’m finding that I have to pay them in every other state that I’ve traveled in. And then, while staying in Texas and Oklahoma, I have to pay them there, too.
If it were my choice, I would have all the states without sales taxes, but it won’t ever be that way.
So, what I’m saying is that if states fund their operations by these sales taxes, by any type of rational type of reasoning, you know that if the states end up allowing the purchases by Internet for goods by their citizens to go untaxed (while purchases for goods in person are taxed) — then — it’s only a matter of time before just about *everything* is sold on the Internet (houses, cars, food, even gasoline..., etc...) and the state has absolutely no sales taxes.
Now, no matter how much you or I don’t like any kind of taxes at all, you kinda know *that* ain’t gonna happen. That’s what I’m saying here.
And then, additionally — since it was set up as “temporary” (i.e., it *expires*) well, it doesn’t take a “rocket scientist” to figure out that all they have to do is simply “let it expire” and that’s it.
I’m not trying to act in such a way as to “impose taxes” but trying to make some “sense” here... and it makes sense to me...
I hope you see what I mean...
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In the end, after all the wrangling and the yelling and screaming is done — there’s gonna be state sales taxes on the Internet..., that’s just the way it’s gonna work out... (and it has nothing to do with me and my opinion... :-) ... )