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Endoscopy8 months, 1 week ago
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This is a stupid red herring post.
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The 14th amendment does not say that the government can't charge a tax. It has to use due process. Create the law and then enforce it. The 16th amendment creates the possibility of an income tax that is not equal for everyone. Up until the income tax was created all taxes were on things and were paid equally by everybody that bought the item. These were import duties etc. Read your history and really read what the constitution says.
This federally mandated sales tax for the internet buying is just about impossible to implement correctly. States, counties, cities, and other local government entities can impose a sales tax. The article stated that in 1992 there were 6000 different sales and tax use jurisdictions. This is an impossible imposition on the out of state retailers. Gathering that tax and sending it to all of those places would be an impossible task.-
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chevydog8 months, 1 week ago
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Some states (we in MO included) try to impose sales taxes on internet purchases. It's being challenged in various court cases. There is a page in the back of the MO tax booklet with a separate form for internet puchases. Naturally it's voluntary (no enforcement mechanism), and I don't get the impression that many are volunteering.
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Personally, I just ignore it. I purchase very little via internet, so it makes even less difference to the state. But more fundamentally to me, it's based on the fallacious reasoning that if one didn't buy whatever on the internet that it would be bought locally. With me, the choice is almost always buy on the internet or don't buy at all.
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