You said — This Congress and this administration seem hellbent on destroying the Republic.
— Well, you’ve got to remember that one is talking only about sales taxes that *are collected* when one does a purchase “in person”. In this case, many people are escaping sales taxes that they are supposed to be paying *anyway* — regardless. All that is happening here is making sure that the sales taxes do get collected that are supposed to be collected — and that *are collected* when one does the purchase “in person”...
This is really no big deal, other than closing up a loophole that allowed a lot of people to “get out of” their sales taxes that they were supposed to pay.
Well you sound very close to the many leftists who are advocating more and higher income taxes. The last time I checked, there was nothing to keep you and others from paying MORE income tax or paying all the sales tax you wanted.
How about we keep it that way.
Every time you make an on-line purchase, you go ahead and dutifully pay the sales tax to whatever state you live in and let the rest of us who shop on-line enjoy this little tax-free benefit.
My on-line purchases amount to Thousands of $ per year and the hundreds I save on sales tax, pays for my Internet service.
Furthermore, anyone who suggests that such tax would NOT affect on-line purchases has 0 business and 0 common sense.
PS I would bet with that attitude, you were probably not at one of the hundreds of Tea Party protest?
You said — PS I would bet with that attitude, you were probably not at one of the hundreds of Tea Party protest?
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Heck no, I think the state should not have “sales tax” or any tax at all, in fact. I think that all conservatives should stop paying all their taxes, but I doubt that they will do that.
You see, I came from a state that *had no sales tax* so I don’t like the idea of sales tax. And even if all states started charging the sales tax that they are supposed to get on sales of goods, that state that I was in — would *not* charge *any* sales tax on those online purchases...
I think the problem you have is that you’re living in the wrong state that *has* sales taxes. You should be living in a state that has *no sales taxes* if you’re protesting.
I would suggest moving to Oregon for *no sales tax*... LOL...
But, no, I do protest all taxes, however, I do not think I’ll be winning that argument, despite all the tea parties attended.... LOL...
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And as a last note here, you said — How about we keep it that way.
The only problem with that idea is that *from the beginning* this was *always* a temporary moratorium. It was *never* anything else other than that. For some, that may be a *total surprise* — but it was always that way.
That’s like saying, when you go to a grocery store, you had this on sale last week but it’s not on sale this week and I want it for the same price as last week. The store manager would tell you that today’s price is the *normal* price — and that the price last week was the *temporary* price and you’ll have to pay the normal price this week.
And so, it was that way with the tax moratorium, in that it was *always* said to be a temporary abatement to allow time for certain of these online store to build up their presence....
The “sale” is over now... that was last week... LOL...
I’ve known that from the beginning. I’m surprised you were not that informed on the issue...