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I don't want to give our government any excuse to raise taxes or find new ways of taxing us.
At the same time, I see no reason why an item I purchase on-line should not be taxed while an item purchased in a local store should be taxed.
I know that in reality, both are supposed to be taxed, but in practicality a tax that can't be collected really isn't a tax.
While I feel strongly that we would be better off with less taxes rather than more, I also think the taxes we are forced to endure should be fair, and the current system is very unfair to local, brick and mortar stores.
What I would like to see is something like the fair tax, but it would seem that going to the fair tax would mean ending the moratorium on having Internet vendors collect taxes.
I don't want our government adding new taxes without removing or lessening others, but I also don't see why new technologies should be unburdened by taxes while other technologies are taxed heavily with distorts the market.
Why are conventional phone companies saddled with the burden of a variety of taxes when providing phone service, but companies providing phone service over the Internet are not?
The best solution would of course be to get rid of all the taxes on phone service since it is a reasonably essential service. Instead our government uses it as another wealth redistribution system by taxing the crap out of it and then subsidizing phone service for the poor.
Calling for a permanent ban on Internet taxes is putting a bandaid on a tax system that needs to be euthanized and replaced.
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