Thursday, May 24, 2007
Internet taxes coming...
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6186193.html
This is purely extortion...
I call bullshite:
"If that doesn't happen, other taxes may zoom upward instead, warned Sen. Michael Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. "Are we implicitly blessing a situation where states are forced to raise other taxes, such as income or property taxes, to offset the growing loss of sales tax revenue?" Enzi said. "I want to avoid that."
Excuse me, did anyone else notice the skyrocketing of home value in the last few years? Oh you did, well that translated into billions more in property tax revenue since homes are taxed on their value.
IF any taxes are imposed on the internet they should be for one purpose alone, to create nationwide free broadband access and to protect the Internet from malicious attack. I'd pay for that, but the internet tax should not be used for general fund.
It's also unworkable to force every etailer to give sales tax to every state as the article says it's just not feasible. Plus we already have to pay shipping, not paying tax evens that cost out.
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This is purely extortion...
I call bullshite:
"If that doesn't happen, other taxes may zoom upward instead, warned Sen. Michael Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. "Are we implicitly blessing a situation where states are forced to raise other taxes, such as income or property taxes, to offset the growing loss of sales tax revenue?" Enzi said. "I want to avoid that."
Excuse me, did anyone else notice the skyrocketing of home value in the last few years? Oh you did, well that translated into billions more in property tax revenue since homes are taxed on their value.
IF any taxes are imposed on the internet they should be for one purpose alone, to create nationwide free broadband access and to protect the Internet from malicious attack. I'd pay for that, but the internet tax should not be used for general fund.
It's also unworkable to force every etailer to give sales tax to every state as the article says it's just not feasible. Plus we already have to pay shipping, not paying tax evens that cost out.
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