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Internet Sales Tax Gets a New Champion

Posted by timothy on from the happy-4th-of-july-weekend dept.

Archness1 writes with an excerpt from Declan McCullagh's piece at CNET about the recently renewed push for a sales tax on Internet purchases, led by Massachusetts Representative Bill Delahunt. "At the moment, Americans who shop over the Internet from out-of-state vendors usually aren't required to pay sales taxes. Californians buying books from Amazon.com or cameras from Manhattan's B&H Photo, for example, won't be required to cough up the sales taxes that they would if shopping at a local mall." That could all change, though.

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  1. Re:Legalize pot... by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we make tobacco illegal and legalize pot I promise to stop bitching about second-hand smoke...

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  2. Buy local by DogDude · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good. Buying online results in externalities which most people are simply too selfish to care about. I'm all in favor of closing this loophole.

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    1. Re:Buy local by pinkj · · Score: 2, Funny

      But I can't find local bestiality porn! I've tried! It usually ends up being an obese man having intercourse with a stuffed elephant.

    2. Re:Buy local by Stele · · Score: 2, Funny

      But I can't find local bestiality porn! I've tried! It usually ends up being an obese man having intercourse with a stuffed elephant.

      So you haven't tried chat roulette then?

  3. Level the Playing field by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There needs to be some way of leveling the playing field for local businesses. If a local business has competition from online businesses it has to reduce its price to make up the difference in local sales tax. That is becoming a major market distortion. Online sales are taxed, if the seller has a brick and mortar store in the same state as the purchaser.

  4. Re:Now that this whore is "retiring" from office.. by Freddybear · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tar. Feathers. Congressperson. Some assembly required.

  5. For those playing 'Guess the Party'... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bill Delahunt is... a Democrat.

    Come on /., we know you lean left, you & your submitters could at least be consistent with party labeling.

  6. Re:Reduce federal spending, increase state spendin by xs650 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you don't like high taxes then move to Texas.

    Thanks,but if that's the choice I will live with my high taxes.