tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post6380157039360768291..comments2023-12-08T12:50:34.303-08:00Comments on W.C. Varones: Senator Durbin (D-IL) Proposes Internet TaxW.C. Varoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-38854171327758157052011-04-15T07:23:31.332-07:002011-04-15T07:23:31.332-07:00In the interest of fairness, I assume Durbin's...In the interest of fairness, I assume Durbin's bill will provide a federal subsidy for shipping e-commerce orders to customers? We wouldn't want brick-and-mortar stores to have an unfair advantage, since they don't have to bear that cost, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-41627273090899934852011-04-15T06:25:04.462-07:002011-04-15T06:25:04.462-07:00"The states are losing billions and we have t..."The states are losing billions and we have to make up the difference with property and business taxes"<br /><br />If an internet sales tax does become a reality, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a roll back of tax levels set upon property and businesses. Illinois was supposed to have a reduction in taxation on property when riverboat gambling was proposed. The revenues generated by same were supposed to go toward school funding ("let's do it for the children" was the marketing slogan used) thus reducing the burden on households. Did that actually happen in Illinois??? ummmmmm, not som much.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-25666197873657070532011-04-15T05:29:54.193-07:002011-04-15T05:29:54.193-07:00The Problem with Texas is that it sucks.The Problem with Texas is that it sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-39008239109587200762011-04-15T04:47:28.845-07:002011-04-15T04:47:28.845-07:00Lorenzo,
Maybe CNET hates Democrats. Or maybe Du...Lorenzo,<br /><br />Maybe CNET hates Democrats. Or maybe Durbin just isn't mentioning Enzi to the press when he pushes this garbage.<br /><br />Local businesses pay sales taxes because they get services from the state and city like roads and police and fire. Out of state vendors don't consume local resources.<br /><br />The idea that people must pay a "use tax" to the state for everything they buy out of state is obscene. It sees people as serfs whose only role is to support the state.<br /><br />You should ask why your state charges such high sales taxes that it makes your business uncompetitive. Sales taxes used to be in the low single digits, which wouldn't have put you at such a disadvantage.W.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-37025583146537446702011-04-15T01:05:00.108-07:002011-04-15T01:05:00.108-07:00Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) are ...Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) are proposing this. Why does the headline only mention the Democrat? If you BUY something from an out of state retailer, you have ALWAYS supposed to have been paying your own state the tax that the out of state seller did not collect and remit to your state (usually called a USE tax, the same rate as the sales tax.) The states are losing billions and we have to make up the difference with property and business taxes. I have to collect sales tax on my local sales, why should an out of state seller take my sales away because the buyer wants to evade taxes?.Lorenzo Horaleknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-62243332307683224352011-04-14T20:14:29.499-07:002011-04-14T20:14:29.499-07:00Costa Rica, bitchezz!!Costa Rica, bitchezz!!wcvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-35499953291014511872011-04-14T17:40:31.991-07:002011-04-14T17:40:31.991-07:00don't feel bad, fellers. name one state that *...don't feel bad, fellers. name one state that *hasn't* gone full retard on taxes & state gov enlargement. Texas? everybody likes to point to Texas, wants to move there, rugged individualism, low taxes, last bastion of Freedom, all that...<br /><br />but even Texas ain't what it used to be. yankees and californians have been pouring into the state since at least the late '70's, and (of course) immediately started demanding things "like they had back home". the home they ran away from, because it had become an uninhabitable hellhole, but they always seemed to forget that part.<br /><br />take houston, for example. i don't know what it's like in austin or DFW, but i've got relatives in houston - richmond and the woodlands - who've done well for themselves. nice cars, swell vacations, $500K houses. (which, for Texas, is a pretty damn big house.) no state income tax, to be sure. but they're paying 8% and change in sales tax, when it was 4% forty years ago; and their _monthly_ property tax bills are almost exactly $1000. (thank you so much, george w. halfwit bush.)<br /><br />nowheres left to run, boys: they've got us surrounded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-80439432167739211632011-04-14T13:40:34.258-07:002011-04-14T13:40:34.258-07:00Illinois is California's eastern branch office...Illinois is California's eastern branch office. It wasn't always that way. I lived there in the 80's and it was nice. Decent quality of life in small German towns with cheap taxes, low crime, rural attitudes and good schools. It started going Douche in the late 90's and went <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bce7b31cef/tropic-thunder-film-clip-nobody-goes-full-retard-from-ilike2party" rel="nofollow">Full Retard</a> from about 2005 onward... kind of tracks the career of a certain politician we all know and love, huh?<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-61680177996241308532011-04-14T12:07:36.185-07:002011-04-14T12:07:36.185-07:00I purchased a car in Massachusetts in March of 200...I purchased a car in Massachusetts in March of 2005 after my 13 year old car was stolen out of my driveway. I paid Massachusetts sales tax. I moved to California in July of 2005 and when I went to register my car I could only do so after paying $700 in SALES TAX. So buddy this already happens. <br /><br />By the way, want to have a little fun? Go to the California DMV and try to argue this. It's awesome! <br /><br />They put the tax in to prevent people from flying to Massachusetts, and other states, buying a car and transporting it back to California because California's taxes are so oppressive. <br /><br />So when we needed a second car here in California, I purchased a 1996 Jetta for $2100($1000 if you check the title exchange with the seller). I can afford a new car, no problem, and someday I'll get one as soon as leave this communist state. Until then, I'll just deal with the repairs. F California.Negocios Loucoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473763866587661478noreply@blogger.com