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> it's a wonder common sense has held out as long as it has. > I don't want a level playing field. If you explicitly advocate that some businesses should be treated more favorably than others with respect to taxation, even if they are selling the same goods to the same customers, fine. But the opposite point of view is surely not "bullshit".
The bullshit part is trying to apply a geographic model of governance and taxation onto a technology that is location-independent. It has nothing to do with treating businesses one way or the other. Politicians want to view economic data as somehow being "owned" by a county, state, or country. So they make policies that are supposed to manage (for lack of a better word) commerce inside those boundaries. But we don't…
However, you do make several valid and important points here, which you neglected to make in your original post.
HN is a well-trafficked website. It is not out of the question that legislators, or at least business owners in their district, read the commentary here. Imagine that a legislator read your top comment that "I don't care about a level playing field", dismissing the idea as if it were obviously stupid. Would this legislator conclude that we are rational and sensible people, who understand the issues involved and are proposing something reasonable and fair for all parties?
He or she would probably conclude that we are just another selfish special interest group, defending our unfair special treatment because... because... um, I guess, because taking it away is "bullshit"?
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Right. Companies with a physical presence in a state are required to collect sales taxes from buyers for all sales in the state. Businesses are not required to collect sales taxes for states where they have no presence (aka nexus); this is based on the Quill v North Dakota interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. The problem with the proposed legislation is that counties, cities, and towns can ea…
> Companies with a physical presence in a state are required to collect sales taxes from buyers for all sales in the state. Businesses are not required to collect sales taxes for states where they have no presence (aka nexus); this is based on the Quill v North Dakota interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. Specifically, its based on a Dormant Commerce Clause interpretation, to-wit, that States…
The proposal actually received a lot of discussion among policy makers, but then got dropped when it became clear that state legislatures wouldn't go through the trouble of reforming their sales taxes without Congress first passing the legislation.
the government can create all the money it needs to fund itself. It does not need to take it from taxpayers. The entire purpose of the tax code is not to raise money but to control the wage slaves. http://www.naturalnews.com/040027_financial_slavery_money_in...