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Senate passes internet sales tax bill amid opposition from conservatives
The Guardian ^ | Monday, May 6, 2013 | Dominic Rushe

Posted on 05/06/2013 4:31:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA

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To: ConservativeInPA

Hey! The RINOs had to vote “Yea” - the bill had the word “Fairness” in it!


81 posted on 05/06/2013 6:11:15 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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To: Cyber Liberty

In the House this is something that Boehner will maneuver like the tax hike earlier this year with a lot of GOP members getting to record NO votes looking good while the new tax passes.


82 posted on 05/06/2013 6:12:10 PM PDT by Nextrush (A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE MY DREAMS)
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To: ConservativeInPA

don’t forget Cornyn who didn’t vote.
Can’t wait to get rid of him next


83 posted on 05/06/2013 6:18:31 PM PDT by genxer
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To: struggle

The House...that’s what puzzles me. I was under the impression that tax bills had to originate in the House.


84 posted on 05/06/2013 6:21:11 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: ConservativeInPA
I am torn about this.

If your state has a sales tax, you are supposed to pay it now. Most people don’t know that, or have no idea how to pay. So if you order something from Amazon, and don’t pay the sales tax, you are breaking the law.

But this will not help local stores. I went into Best Buy last week, and it was like a ghost town. The local electronics store went belly up last year. Even with sales tax, they couldn’t compete. To much overhead.

85 posted on 05/06/2013 6:21:24 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
I will NOT support this bill for this reason: it would be exorbitantly expensive to comply with.

Here's the problem: there are 44,000 local sales tax jurisdictions across the USA. As such, the cost of compliance would be extremely high, and the likes of Amazon.com are going to find out the high cost of opening a new data processing center just to do nothing but sales tax processing.

86 posted on 05/06/2013 6:25:40 PM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: ConservativeInPA

It is clear that Linda Graham does not want to get reelected. He/She/whatever that thing is, is ALWAYS on the wrong side of conservatives.


87 posted on 05/06/2013 6:26:33 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Those in favor of this bill say that it isn’t fair that Family Dollar has to collect state sales tax if you shop there, but if you shop online that you don’t have to pay state sales tax.

1. Yes, you do. I am supposed to pay my sales tax to my state.

2. If I’m on vacation, and I buy an item in Florida, Florida does not charge me Ohio sales tax. They charge me Florida sales tax.

3. If I’m in Ohio, and buy something from a Florida internet store, then why should the Florida store collect tax for Ohio? If anything, they should collect tax for Florida, just as if I’m a visitor there.

4. As stated in item #1, I’m supposed to pay my Ohio sales tax. That should not be the responsibility of some store owner in Florida.

5. Already, I’m trusted to pay tax on income I generate through personal effort. I am trusted to report it and pay it. They do not require the person who pays me for my work to report to the IRS that I made money off of them.

6. Small businesses are already at a tax disadvantage since they don’t receive the tax credits, incentives, reductions, etc. that come to big retailers for locating in a town or state.


88 posted on 05/06/2013 6:33:03 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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The House...that’s what puzzles me. I was under the impression that tax bills had to originate in the House.

That was before we fell down that rabbit hole. Here in Obamaland, tax bills originate wherever the government feels like they should, and "fairness" means internet retailers collecting and distributing taxes for over 9,000 jurisdictions at considerable expense while "brick and mortar" retailers just move on as normal (except for sending Congress those lovely 'thank you' notes and raising prices as a 'welcome back' to returning customers who can't find things online anymore).

The amount of stupidity and malice in Congress is downright amazing.
89 posted on 05/06/2013 6:33:09 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: LostInBayport

see number 88


90 posted on 05/06/2013 6:34:01 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

“Marketplace Fairness Act”

Isn’t it funny how things done in the name of “fairness” are becoming more and more unfair?


91 posted on 05/06/2013 6:43:39 PM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: ConservativeInPA

You got that right.


92 posted on 05/06/2013 6:45:26 PM PDT by Hoodat (I stand with Rand.)
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To: ConservativeInPA; FreedomPoster

I knew both of my %#*&! RINO Senators would vote for it. I cannot tell you how mad it makes me to have those two treasonous scumbags representing this state (GA). I wonder whether it was blackmail or payola.


93 posted on 05/06/2013 6:49:16 PM PDT by Hoodat (I stand with Rand.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

You forgot Isakson (Leftist scumbag-GA)


94 posted on 05/06/2013 6:50:47 PM PDT by Hoodat (I stand with Rand.)
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To: redgolum

What? You don’t think Best Buy has an Internet Store?

TT


95 posted on 05/06/2013 6:51:53 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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so they’ve voted to make it nearly impossible for small businesses to conduct online transactions while large businesses, like Walmart and Target will have the run of the place because they already have the state structure in place.

Thanks guys.


96 posted on 05/06/2013 6:52:21 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: dalereed

I think the bill also includes catalog and phone sales.


97 posted on 05/06/2013 6:52:28 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Hoodat

My bad. You are correct, Hang him too.


98 posted on 05/06/2013 6:58:10 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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To: funfan

That would be overturning an old Supreme Court decision on mail order sales.


99 posted on 05/06/2013 7:02:07 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Cyber Liberty
So why did you say this?...

I think it’s because the USPS doesn’t get their piece of the action on the internet. Someone might ship by UPS or FedEx rather than the post office, and we can’t have that.

100 posted on 05/06/2013 7:02:35 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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