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To: The Cajun
Pitch forks, torches, tar and a decent supply of feathers would seem to be in order.

Yes! You're going to see regular folks adopting tactics of leftist punks. They'll trash government offices, overturn and burn government cars, and create enough mayhem to put real fear into these greedy bureaucrats until government backs off. Enough is enough! The Revolt is coming.

18 posted on 12/14/2010 2:09:18 AM PST by roadcat
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To: roadcat
So how does the IL Department of Revenue propose to find all these sales tax scofflaws? Do they threaten out of state individuals and companies with subpoenas for their sales records? There have been states who have tried this (CA was one, I think) and were sent packing.

Some states have passed laws that required sellers who were out of state to collect their sales tax on purchases made by residents of the state and pay these funds to a specific state's department of revenue. That also didn't work.

Currently the only on-line sellers collecting sales taxes are those that have a physical presence (an actual business) in a given state.

Exactly how does the IL Department of Revenue propose to collect these taxes? Make them up out of whole cloth? Where's their evidence? Oh, yeah, in the case of the IL DR, they don't need evidence because you are PRESUMED guilty and have to prove your innocence.

22 posted on 12/14/2010 2:59:22 AM PST by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: roadcat
Yes! You're going to see regular folks adopting tactics of leftist punks. They'll trash government offices, overturn and burn government cars, and create enough mayhem to put real fear into these greedy bureaucrats until government backs off. Enough is enough! The Revolt is coming.

I'd like to see that happen, but it won't.

The state will "hand pick" a few individuals who they can trace online. They will then throw the book at them to make them an example for all others who don't pay. They will make the point that all offenders will face the same penalties.

Then they will sit back, maybe toss in a few additional "amnesty periods" and wait for the cash to flow.

Until people are truly threatened, in great numbers, with the loss of their prosperity, you won't see the kind of revolution you're thinking of.

27 posted on 12/14/2010 3:46:48 AM PST by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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