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magellan

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Tue May 7, 2013, 01:47 PM

May 2013

The most angering thing is it doesn't take a genius to understand that this tax won't help "brick and mortar stores"; it will only hurt already struggling Americans. So are the legislators who support this nonsense out of touch 1%ers, totally incompetent fools, or willfully working to further hobble Americans? There are no other choices.

Well, I've already concluded that this country is going to have to hit rock bottom before we give our current neoliberal/supply side/hot air economic model the big heave-ho it deserves. So I can see the bright side even in things like this. How much more will people take and for how long, that's the only question left to be answered.

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Way to Think About Internet Sales Tax [View all] liberalmike27 May 2013 OP

Tax the rich already. Tax wealth. Everything else is a distraction. NYC_SKP May 2013 #1

I disagree. Internet sellers are ripping off the governement and should pay graham4anything May 2013 #2

I agree Johonny May 2013 #3

Fine liberalmike27 May 2013 #5

So, you support breaking the law and not paying the use tax you owe? joeglow3 May 2013 #15

If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. PowerToThePeople May 2013 #20

Are people being forced to shop at malls? magellan May 2013 #7

The rich should pay sales tax on financial transactions. That would even it out with the poor. nt postulater May 2013 #4

True liberalmike27 May 2013 #6

It is after all liberalmike27 May 2013 #8

Worse than that, Dems are selling this idea as "leveling the playing field" magellan May 2013 #9

IKR?? liberalmike27 May 2013 #10

+1 magellan May 2013 #11

Federal income taxes have very little to do with local sales taxes joeglow3 May 2013 #16

Sales taxes suck ass. They are horribly regressive. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #12

Now, that's ProSense May 2013 #14

Then again, I just remembered this: ProSense May 2013 #18

Somehow ProSense May 2013 #13

How about we tax... bobclark86 May 2013 #17

Sarah Palin agrees with you joeglow3 May 2013 #19

We paid tax on the money we have when we made it KurtNYC May 2013 #21

This is not a new tax forthemiddle May 2013 #22