On-Line Shopping E-Tax Is Un-Constitutional

[NateRiver]

STOP E-TAX
Many states are looking for ways to increase their tax revenue by taxing purchases made online. This extends to third party solicitors located in another state. Our Constitution infers that states are restricted from enacting laws that burden or restrict interstate commerce. Let’s stop this tax now.

[Chris]

Bitchslapped for not posting a relevant excerpt of the story.  You'll get another one in an hour for making me go to another website to get to the original article.

[DumbAss Tanker]

FEds could probably do it and call it an excise tax, though; if enough States get behind the idea of a Federal tax with proportional disbursement to the States from the revenue, and motivate their Congressional delegations, it would happen tomorrow.  The only thing that has kept it from happening is that piece about getting money from the Feds back to the States from the collection, which the advocates for it haven't really hit on yet.

[formerlurker]

Bitchslapped for not posting a relevant excerpt of the story.  You'll get another one in an hour for making me go to another website to get to the original article.

BS for not posting the article after YOU went to the link.

Selfish bastards!!! 





(just kidding about the BS)

[formerlurker]

FEds could probably do it and call it an excise tax, though; if enough States get behind the idea of a Federal tax with proportional disbursement to the States from the revenue, and motivate their Congressional delegations, it would happen tomorrow.  The only thing that has kept it from happening is that piece about getting money from the Feds back to the States from the collection, which the advocates for it haven't really hit on yet.

BS for giving them the idea.........









(again, just kidding)

[thundley4]

FEds could probably do it and call it an excise tax, though; if enough States get behind the idea of a Federal tax with proportional disbursement to the States from the revenue, and motivate their Congressional delegations, it would happen tomorrow.  The only thing that has kept it from happening is that piece about getting money from the Feds back to the States from the collection, which the advocates for it haven't really hit on yet.

And if the Feds got involved, how much of the collected taxes would go for federal bureaucracy ?  The states would be left with pennies  on the dollar, who would trust the feds to distribute the money?

[DumbAss Tanker]

And if the Feds got involved, how much of the collected taxes would go for federal bureaucracy ?  The states would be left with pennies  on the dollar, who would trust the feds to distribute the money?

I expect that has a lot to do with why the States that advocate for this crap are not trying to get the Feds into it, o even cooperating with each other to any noticeable degree.  That, and the fact that each of them wants to be alone on the end that takes the money, and none of them want to be on the end where the money is flowing across the border the wrong way thanks to citizens paying (In effect) taxes to 49 other States, and the Feds taking their cut on both ends of the flow for "Administrative expenses."

[Chris_]

Wait for it...it's not too far off...."Federal Sales Tax". Probably around 10% for starters, higher on "luxury" items...anything that costs over $25.   

[thundley4]

Wait for it...it's not too far off...."Federal Sales Tax". Probably around 10% for starters, higher on "luxury" items...anything that costs over $25.   

Isn't that somewhat what the "Fair Tax" is based upon?  Of course the Fair Tax also assumes doing away with the federal income tax.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Isn't that somewhat what the "Fair Tax" is based upon?  Of course the Fair Tax also assumes doing away with the federal income tax.

Taxes are like STDs, it's a whole lot easier to get a new one than to get rid of an old one.

[thundley4]

Taxes are like STDs, it's a whole lot easier to get a new one than to get rid of an old one.

Much like entitlement welfare programs.