Food for thought

Do you think the Internet is safe from overzealous states wanting taxes? Think again.

Literally every state is pushing to get a slice of taxes from your purchases. Many states want to make it a dual tax where you pay taxes on both your state and the state the sale is made in. If you want to keep the Internet free from the states manipulation contact your representatives and tell them to keep their hands off. It amazes me that some states actually believe that when a resident makes a purchase in another state, they owe their home state taxes. I read of a court case not long ago where the state was suing an individual for taxes on a new car he bought and registered out of state. What amazes me further is how we go along letting governments get bigger and taxes higher without any improvement in services. Should the states get their way, you could be paying sales taxes for the state, county and city for your purchases. Retailers like us would be taxed for services not rendered with no representation in that state. Gee, didn't we have a revolution over something like that? Fight back! Tell your representatives to keep their hands off the Internet until ALL states create an equitable and fair solution.

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Out of state sales should only be regulated by the federal government, interstate commerce clause in the constitution. I cannot understand how anyone could think this state taxation scheme could in any way be constitutional. But, politicians never seem to let the constitution get in the way of government control or taxation.

When I bought my new motorcycle out of state (Wyoming), I didn't pay taxes. But when I registered it in Nevada, I paid them there. If I had paid them in Wyoming, then I would've only owed Nevada taxes if the Wyoming taxes were less than Nevada's. I opted this way as I'd rather pay taxes to my home state than the out of state one.

When it comes to the internet, they ought to leave it alone. Interstate commerce is growing by leaps and bounds..which is great for the economy..why screw with that? Double taxation..it'll never happen. That'd bring interstate commerce on the net to a screaching halt.