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"Conservative" Republicans for Taxing the Internet
“Anti-Tax” GOP: Republican Senate Members Support Internet Tax.
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I like this last bit in the same link most:
Marginalia: Our pledge says “Liberty and Justice for all” — not “Liberty and Fairness.” Let it be said that fairness — especially fairness by government force — is the enemy of justice. If we want a free society we don’t want government-mandated fairness.
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That's some ****ed up shit right there.
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It's not "taxing the internet," it's trying to implement a sales-tax to protect local business. Not saying I like it, just calling out the misleading thread title.
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BEP's pretty much batting 1.000 on the thread titles. You would think, just by accident, she might write an accurate one every once in a while.
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On-line companies argue that the tax will put them at a huge disadvantage competitively because of shipping costs. The fact the customer doesn't pay sales tax evens the boat with local retailers who charge tax but no shipping of costs course. At least on the surface I can appreciate that argument.
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If this was from the POTUS all you would hear is crying and whimpering while you cried "socialism.. socialism."
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And I don't know what the hell BEP is talking about with the justice versus fairness argument... according to webster's dictionary, the definition of justice is "the quality of being just, impartial, or fair." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justice |
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![]() ![]() It's taxing the internet even if it's to protect local business. One is the name of the action, the other, yours is the purpose for it. You have your categories mixed up. However, I disagree with your stated purpose....the federal govt is needing more and more revenue. It's not like such businesses are getting the services of from the other states as much as a local one. They pay taxes in their own state.
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Sale taxes aren't socialism. Income taxes are. Redistribution is. It also depends on what the revenue needed is for. I'm sure it's for supporting our welfare/warfare state. Ya' know a fairly socialist system already in place.
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In the meantime, Amazon is a growing company whereas others, that are taxed more aren't. Proof is in the results. You can't have your cake and eat it too without businesses thriving.It's also a good example of how less govt and competition aids the consumer and keeps businesses going...even thriving. But none of this obviously is the point.The point is that this is what Conservative Republicans claim to not support. Quote:
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So if you really want to be fair—you'd support keeping the internet free from sales tax and extending to the rest. I mean it's not like these businesses are getting as many, if any, services from the govt's of other states' besides the state they are located in. It has nothing to do with the federal govt except that it's getting bigger all the time and therefore greedier for revenue.
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"Taxing the Internet" implies something very different from that. It would be like saying that sales taxes for brick and mortar stores are "taxing the streets and sidewalks". There's a lot more involved with the Internet than just online sales. |
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You're just splitting hairs.
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I grew up in Montana. People from Wyoming flock to Billings to do their retail shopping on a regular basis. I now live in Northern Virginia. I love going to Delaware and skipping sales tax. People have done this since sales taxes were put in place. If you're failing at the competition for market share against other states fix your own basket instead of shitting in somebody else's.
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