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US Senate Passes Internet Tax Bill 69 To 27
schwit1 quotes The Washington Post: "The Senate aimed to help traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike."
schwit1 adds "Unfortunately online businesses could be in for a rude awakening when it comes to the law's interpretation." Passage in the House is not certain, and companies like eBay are lobbying to raise the minimum sales required to collect state sales tax to $10 million instead of $1 million per year.
You seem to have a very romanticized reading of the constitution
Only if you view the Rule of Law as romantic (which many do).
and are ignoring all the precedents set in actual implementation.
Ignoring, no. I understand that many SCOTUS decisions are wrong and ought to be overturned.
I think you are native born citizen of America, who got citizenship without doing any hard work.
Correct, being born requires little work. What happened after that, you don't have information about.
Not like me, I am an immigrant and I studied the constitution in theory and in practice, and I chose America voluntarily.
If you're suggesting you've studied the US Constitution, the State constitutions, the process of the formation of the General Government, and the case law around it more than I have, then you're probably wrong. If you accept that laws which are passed that are contrary to the Constitution are valid, then you've missed the point of a Supreme Law and the bargain that the States made in forming the General Government in your studies. Try reading the Federalist Papers (and the Anti-Federalist papers for the range of perspectives at the time).
I certainly won't argue against the point that many of the legislators and judges are corrupt or that the Rule of Law is largely in effect in the US anymore.
In fact the Obamacare law was uphled by Justice Roberts precisely because the government can pretty much tax anything and compel people to pay for anything for any reason.
No. If you'd like to understand the taxing powers issues and Roberts's decision, I recommend this paper.
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Right because your single experience is representive of the best thing for everyone
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