[Route66]

"I have yet to pay sales tax at a flea market in VA where I have bought all the necessities of life: food, clothing, tools, etc. "

If the goods at that flea market are used, and if the Fair Tax plan that some have talked about here today were the plan enacted, you would still not pay any tax.

[Route66]

Ha - just realized that 'used' food would not be too appetizing...anyway you get the point.

[palmer]

Well, some goods are obviously new, some are not and some you can't tell. I'm not sure what a proper test for newness will be.

[nanny]

[If the goods at that flea market are used, and if the Fair Tax plan that some have talked about here today were the plan enacted, you would still not pay any tax. ]

I don't know what 'Fair Tax' is, but used items in TExas are certainly taxed. It is taxed everytime it is sold, if the dealer is honest, or if it is not being sold for resale.

There are millions of dollars worth of merchandise sold over the internet, at flea markets, and garage sales (that are not garage sales, but businesses), on which no sales tax or income tax is collected. I wonder just how strict they would be on the enforcement.

States have been salivating at the prospect of being able to tax internet-interstate sales for a long time. That was one thing I didn't like about Ron Kirk.