Outside Asylum: RE: Good rant then!! by Steve Eddy

Outside Asylum: RE: Good rant then!! by Steve Eddy

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RE: Good rant then!!

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In Reply to: Good rant then!! posted by jedrider on August 4, 2012 at 13:20:29:

The big guys deserve to pay, however.

First of all, they won't be "paying" anything. Not out of their own pockets anyway. They'll be collecting the sales taxes from the people buying from them. It's customers who will be paying. Not the big guys.

Second, why should "the big guys" deserve anything different? Why should they be a tax collector for all those various states and municipalities any more than I should?

I wish there was a better way to keep government afloat!

I dunno. Our government's been kept afloat since our founding without businesses having to collect sales taxes for every state and municipality that has a sales tax. Now that we call it "online shopping" instead of "mail order" something has changed?

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Topic - Time To Say Goodbye To Tax-Free Online Shopping = Mindfuck - Steve Eddy 10:05:17 08/4/12 ( 13)

Sales tax is regressive - Jay Buridan 10:53:38 08/5/12 ( 0)
And, where did you get this anti-tax rant?? - jedrider 10:54:12 08/4/12 ( 11)
- Somehow I managed to write it all by myself... - Steve Eddy 12:01:37 08/4/12 ( 10)
  - Good rant then!! - jedrider 13:20:29 08/4/12 ( 9)
    - RE: Good rant then!! - Steve Eddy 08/4/12 15:20:48 08/4/12 ( 8)
      - Look around you! A lot has changed. - jedrider 15:34:52 08/4/12 ( 7)
        
        What? - Steve Eddy 16:45:39 08/4/12 ( 6)
        
        Maybe, because Brick & Mortar is dying and state revenue is not keeping up - jedrider 17:06:21 08/4/12 ( 5)
        
        But why is B&M dying? - Steve Eddy 17:51:53 08/4/12 ( 4)
        
        Good, I see you answered your own question! - jedrider 21:16:15 08/4/12 ( 3)
        
        RE: Good, I see you answered your own question! - Steve Eddy 08:37:57 08/5/12 ( 2)
        
        You overlooked the answer you provided - jedrider 10:15:28 08/5/12 ( 1)
        
        RE: You overlooked the answer you provided - Steve Eddy 12:55:32 08/5/12 ( 0)