Because nothing fixes an economy like higher taxes.
IF
And that is a big IF
... we are going to implement an Internet tax, it should be based upon the shipping and receiving address. Require each state to publish their “Internet tax rate”. Then based upon the two addresses, average the internet tax. Say the shipping address has a 4% tax and the receiving address has a 6% tax. The average would be 5%. Charge that 5% to the customer, then split the amount into an equal amount that then gets remitted to each state.
The net effect will be to push shippers (and their jobs) to lower taxed states. Likewise, individuals in high tax states will want to move out of those states.
Because we ca TAX our way into prosperity!
State Legislatures are the farm system for Congress. Hence Congress is not going to thwart their desires for new revenue. That would be like the Yankees getting undercut by their Triple-A team.
What will most likely be the end result is if "Joe Internet Golf and Tennis Store" has $1.5 Million in sales. Joe will split it into two separate companies "Joe's Internet Golf Store" and "Joe's Internet Tennis Store" each with less than $1 Million in sales to avoid the cost and legal liability associated with the new law.
Rush a vote?
Notice you don’t see any Senators talking about this one.
Who are the GOP Senators willing to screw us on this?
And who is lobbying for this besides high sales tax governors?
Taxes,taxes,teaxes.
That’s all the Dhiminicrats know.
Mr Reid and his tax-happy thugs might want to notice this bill’s purpose is to raise revenue and cannot be properly brought in the Senate.
Not that something simple like the Rule of Law has ever stopped them before.
What better way to kill internet commerce than to tax it to death....
The internet commerce being one of the few things holding this damned economy together with bailing wire....
I really despise these bastards!!!
If they pass an “internet tax” the internet businesses should sue the Fed Gov because it will probably not affect regular mail order catalog businesses....
They are calling it the "Marketplace Fairness Act". It "allows" online retailers to collect taxes for state governments from online purchases.
If they are sooooo concerned about fairness and "leveling the playing field" for all businesses, why don't they pass a law outlawing all sales taxes, online and in person?
Again, government makes things fair by benefiting themselves and spreading the misery equally among everyone else.