[IbJensen]

Put a stop to feeding this cancer known as government NOW!

Increasing its sources of revenue is ridiculous. Back in the days when there was a surplus the imbeciles in Congress and in the states lucky enough to have one spent it and borrowed more to spend on enlarging their bureaucratic domains.

If the argument is to 'level the playing field'(how I despise that politician's phrase) then abolish the sales taxes! In fact we the people should demand exactly that, along with a host of other innocuous taxes that they levy and collect. The goal is simple: starve government!

[Mouton]

Is there some bartar arrangement we can come up with, say lead for sales taxes due???

[babble-on]

All taxes are a state money grab, but I don’t know why things bought on the internet should be treated differently.

And yes, by all means do propose eliminating ALL sales taxes. You have my support, keep me informed as to how it’s progressing.

[sergeantdave]

Simple. NH can charge Illinois a $100 fee for every tax amount collected. Make Illinois also fill out a 100-page form for each tax request. Send the tax collected in Zimbabwe dollars. Make them collect the money in Chechnya.

[redgolum]

Internet sales taxes will happen. To be honest they are already here. You are supposed to pay them on your state taxes. Most don’t.

Torn on this issue. I hate taxes, but the law is the law.

[swamprebel]

The argument goes that w/o sales tax, Internet sales have an unfair advantage over Mom and Pop small business. But that ignores the shipping that Internet sales requires.

[stuartcr]

Without taxes, how do govts pay their bills?

[Buckeye McFrog]

The same reason Fast Eddie Rendell pulled out all the stops to try and slap tolls on I-80. Make people who don’t live in Pennsylvania pay the bills for the Democrat Graft Machine.

[Truth29]

Fox Business is reporting that enabling legislation may be voted on the Senate as early as today and that there will be severe impacts on small Internet sellers. The bill is being rushed to a vote before most people know about it and the impact can be analyzed.

[1010RD]

Brick and mortar stores are going to be hurt worst by this bill. The one thing holding back sales tax increases is the free market found on the Internet.

Once that free market has been wiped out nothing will stop a state from increasing its sales taxes. The B&M stores that are suffering declining business are suffering it not at the hands of the Internet, but because of anti-commerce policies of their home states.

Illinois is the perfect example of a job killing, liberal run state.