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Boehner says he 'probably' can't support online sales tax bill
The Hill ^ | May 7, 2013 | Bernie Becker

Posted on 05/07/2013 4:00:28 PM PDT by jazusamo

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he likely couldn’t support the online sales tax bill that the Senate passed this week, underscoring the challenge that supporters face in getting the measure through the lower chamber.

Boehner told Bloomberg Television that the Marketplace Fairness Act, which got 69 votes in the Senate on Monday, would heap a “big burden on some very small businesses.”

"I just think that moving this bill where you have 50 different sales tax codes, it is a mess out there,” Boehner said. “You are going to make it much more difficult for online businesses to be able to comply with it.”

The Speaker, in his most dismissive comments yet on the bill, also said “probably not” when specifically asked if he could support it, and noted once more that the bill would have to go through the House Judiciary Committee, where Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) has outlined an extensive list of concerns about the bill.

Proponents of the online sales tax bill – including big box stores like Wal-Mart, the online giant Amazon and state governments – have said that they had momentum following the lopsided Senate vote, and that a bill could even get to President Obama’s desk this year.

The Marketplace Fairness Act, those groups say, would merely close a loophole exploited by online businesses, and could give states billions in needed extra revenue each year.

The bill would allow states to collect sales tax revenue whenever a resident made an online purchase from a U.S. retailer. Currently, states can only collect from businesses that have a physical location in that state.

But opponents of the group – including prominent small government organizations like Heritage Action and Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform – have long said that the measure would have a tougher time in the House. Those groups say the bill would open up online retailers to audits, and should be viewed as a tax increase on consumers.

Customers are generally supposed to report taxes from online purchases to their states, but rarely do.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: internet; internetsalestax; salestax
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Probably doesn't cut it, Mr. Speaker. Shoe some leadership and say you'll not support it.
1 posted on 05/07/2013 4:00:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
But just throw in 18 holes of golf, and his arm might be twisted.
2 posted on 05/07/2013 4:01:20 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: jazusamo

“probably” is probably as close to cajones as he is likely to have

note: not only would this new tax be a big burden on businesses, it would be a big burden on us American citizens/voters/workers, too

not that we count for much anymore


3 posted on 05/07/2013 4:03:42 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (()
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To: jazusamo

He’s waiting for the right offer/bribe.


4 posted on 05/07/2013 4:05:43 PM PDT by South40
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To: jazusamo

I wish he would say that he’s ecstatic about the idea and he’ll put his top people on it. /s


5 posted on 05/07/2013 4:06:02 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: jazusamo

Prohibit sales tax on all on line purchases is the only thing Bonehead should support. The bill should so specify that no State can collect taxes on on line purchases. Otherwise this shi! doesn’t mean much. California would crap in their pants since they collect sales tax on on line purchases.


6 posted on 05/07/2013 4:06:40 PM PDT by Logical me
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How ‘bout you have no INTENTION of support such a tax, Mr. Speaker? Can you reach up your nether regions, please and check to see if your spine is still intact? Just wonderin’.

Maddie10


7 posted on 05/07/2013 4:07:10 PM PDT by madison10
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To: jazusamo

Boehner is ‘probably’ a man but I wouldn’t bet on it.


8 posted on 05/07/2013 4:07:21 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: fwdude

Sadly, Obummer has been pretty successful with that tactic.


9 posted on 05/07/2013 4:07:33 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: jazusamo
Here's what grinds my gears about this. All the commies are blathering on about "fairness". Well a mom 'n pop brick 'n mortar store doesn't have to hire an accounting team to manage all the various state and local sales taxes of their customers. Generally it's just the state in which they are located and perhaps the town if it's sucky like NYC or Armpit, NJ.

The proposed tax is in fact UNfair to online retailers because the burden being placed upon them is far beyond anything a brick 'n mortar deals with.

In short. F*** the Senate.

10 posted on 05/07/2013 4:07:36 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: jazusamo; All

Now that I’ve studied this bill a little more, I don’t see constitutonal problems with it per se, regardless that buyers who make out-of-state purchases online get screwed.

H O W E V E R ...

If the states want to generate more revenue, why don’t state lawmakers stop Congress from laying taxes for federal spending programs which it cannot justify under its Section 8, Article I limited powers? If such taxes were stopped, then citizens would at least have more money in their bank accounts for their respective states to steal.


11 posted on 05/07/2013 4:08:01 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: jazusamo

“Probably not” is better than “Yes” at least.


12 posted on 05/07/2013 4:08:23 PM PDT by arista
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To: jazusamo

Pathetic!


13 posted on 05/07/2013 4:09:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: jazusamo

A Profile in Courage.


14 posted on 05/07/2013 4:12:38 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (All observant Muslims want to kill you. If they don't, they are not really Muslims.)
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15 posted on 05/07/2013 4:12:48 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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The beginning of the article paints a firmer picture of his views:

“Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he likely couldn’t support the online sales tax bill that the Senate passed this week, underscoring the challenge that supporters face in getting the measure through the lower chamber.

Boehner told Bloomberg Television that the Marketplace Fairness Act, which got 69 votes in the Senate on Monday, would heap a “big burden on some very small businesses.”


It seems that he’s not going to support it.


16 posted on 05/07/2013 4:13:46 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: jazusamo

I think i will send Bohner a contribution, maybe instead of filling an envelope, I will leave it empty, you know an “undocumented contribution”....

Screw you Bohner


17 posted on 05/07/2013 4:14:09 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: jazusamo

How very macho of our dear Speaker to take such a firm stand!


18 posted on 05/07/2013 4:17:30 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Uncle Miltie
A Profile in Courage.

Yep. I wonder if he was sniffling as tears ran down his cheeks when he croaked out that 'probably'.
19 posted on 05/07/2013 4:18:11 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: Winstons Julia

The thing that ticks me off is that he’s had plenty of time to know all about this bill in the Senate.

Conservatives are against it. Sen. Cruz blasted it in no uncertain terms and now the Speaker is saying ‘probably not,’ it looks to me like he’s playing both sides.


20 posted on 05/07/2013 4:19:43 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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