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States To Try Taxation Of The Net Again

kimbermatic writes "From the Denver Post comes this article that the states are ready to try and tax the internet sales once more. The poor economy is sending the 'hounds' sniffing for more money. An interesting, and alarming read if your interested in protecting online merchants from this taxation plan." 'though it's not really online sales that are the big ones people want -- it's catalog mail order sales, which are still much bigger then online sales.

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  1. Re:then vs. than by kingkade · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dammit-- If I see this one more time, i'm gonna do something really kooky.

    It's 'damn it!' not 'dammit!'.

    And it's 'Cooky', damn it!

    And it's going to not gonna.

    See how annoying it is now?

    HAND

  2. Re:then vs. than by davejenkins · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dammit Pronunciation Key (dmt)
    interj. Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

    kooky also kookie Pronunciation Key (kk)
    adj. Slang kookier, kookiest Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.

    gonna Pronunciation Key (gn)
    Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today.

    All taken from a modern dictionary. 'then' instead of 'than', is just piss-poor (and misleading) grammar.

    Yes-- I have nothing better to do on a Monday night (bows head in shame).

  3. Your, you're, yaw, yore by DrInequality · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    God I wish "people" could spell.