Harry reid ready to rush through internet sales tax; obama endorses

[Jroc]

Harry Reid and Wal-Mart hope nobody will notice their online revenue raid.

By The Wall Street Journal

Every time Congress has taken a serious look at proposals to boost Internet sales taxes, it has rejected them. That’s probably why pro-tax Senators are trying to rush through an online tax hike with as little consideration as possible.

As early as Monday, the Senate will vote on a bill that was introduced only last Tuesday. The text of this legislation, which would fundamentally change interstate commerce, only became available on the Library of Congress website over the weekend. And you thought ObamaCare was jammed through Nancy Pelosi‘s Democratic House in a hurry.

For Senators curious about what they’re voting on, it is the same flawed proposal that Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) introduced in February. It has been repackaged to qualify for a Senate rule that allows Majority Leader Harry Reid to bypass committee debate and bring it straight to the floor.

Mr. Enzi’s Marketplace Fairness Act discriminates against Internet-based businesses by imposing burdens that it does not apply to brick-and-mortar companies. For the first time, online merchants would be forced to collect sales taxes for all of America’s estimated 9,600 state and local taxing authorities.

New Hampshire, for example, has no sales tax, but a Granite State Web merchant would be forced to collect and remit sales taxes to all the governments that do. Small online sellers will therefore have to comply with tax laws created by distant governments in which they have no representation, and in places where they consume no local services.

Meanwhile, New Hampshire’s brick-and-mortar retailers will bear no such burden. They will not be required to collect taxes on the many customers who drive across the Maine and Massachusetts borders to shop in New Hampshire. Bill sponsors say it would be too big a hassle to force traditional retailers to ask every walk-in customer where they live, but these Senators are happy to impose new obligations online.

The Enzi plan would require a centralized tax collector for each state or for a group of states that would gather both state and local levies from the online merchants. His office concedes that could still mean 27 or more different auditors of a Web-based business—which is better than 9,600 but hardly qualifies as simplicity

HARRY REID READY TO RUSH THROUGH INTERNET SALES TAX; OBAMA ENDORSES | sreaves32

 

[tooAlive]

And Liberals think Obama only wants to raise taxes on the 1%ers..

 

[gallantwarrior]

Yet another job-killing, business-killing, bullshit piece of legislation brought to you by the current regime.

 

[Jroc]

Yet another job-killing, business-killing, bullshit piece of legislation brought to you by the current regime.

Yep... Another way to suck the life out of the economy

 

[gallantwarrior]

Yet another job-killing, business-killing, bullshit piece of legislation brought to you by the current regime.

Yep... Another way to suck the life out of the economy

Sometimes it seems that our government is destroying our businesses on purpose. To what end, that is open to speculation.

 

[S.J.]

Yet another job-killing, business-killing, bullshit piece of legislation brought to you by the current regime.

Yep... Another way to suck the life out of the economy

Sometimes it seems that our government is destroying our businesses on purpose. To what end, that is open to speculation.

So government can step in and take over?

 

[OriginalShroom]

Ever notice that when Reid does bring a bill to the Senate for a vote, it is rushed through so that the American people don't have time to read it, discuss it, and contact their Senators about it?

If he had allowed a week to go by for people to understand the Toomey background check bill, it may have passed.

I was against it, 100%, until this past Sunday night when I had a chance to listen to an interview with one of the supporters who is a major gun man.

B

 

[HUGGY]

This is what happens when the fascists won't tax the wealthy.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Yep... Another way to suck the life out of the economy

Sometimes it seems that our government is destroying our businesses on purpose. To what end, that is open to speculation.

So government can step in and take over?

You think it's a good idea that government levy even more excessive, bullshit regulation (and taxation) on small businesses struggling to establish and maintain an income?

 

[OriginalShroom]

I guess Obama is breaking, again, his promise not to raise taxes on households with less than $250,000 annual income.

 

[S.J.]

Sometimes it seems that our government is destroying our businesses on purpose. To what end, that is open to speculation.

So government can step in and take over?

You think it's a good idea that government levy even more excessive, bullshit regulation (and taxation) on small businesses struggling to establish and maintain an income?

Hell no.

 

[gallantwarrior]

So government can step in and take over?

You think it's a good idea that government levy even more excessive, bullshit regulation (and taxation) on small businesses struggling to establish and maintain an income?

Hell no.

There's only so much blood in a turnip. I guess there will be a lot of anemic turnips.

 

[tooAlive]

This is what happens when the fascists won't tax the wealthy.

This is what happens when you give socialists too much power.

 

[HUGGY]

This is what happens when the fascists won't tax the wealthy.

This is what happens when you give socialists too much power.

No. This is what happens when you make the penalty for not taxing the super wealthy acceptable. This country has absorbed the Sequestration without batting an eye. It wasn't harsh enough.

 

[OriginalShroom]

This is what happens when the fascists won't tax the wealthy.

This is what happens when you give socialists too much power.

No. This is what happens when you make the penalty for not taxing the super wealthy acceptable. This country has absorbed the Sequestration without batting an eye. It wasn't harsh enough.

I wish they would be the cuts permanent.

I really wish they would force the Government back to 2003 spending levels for everything except the military. They need to go to 2010 spending levels minus war spending.

 

[tjvh]

Isn't it hilarious when Democrats realize that merely taxing the rich isn't going to pay for their crazy and reckless spending habits. Do Democrats really think things like this will be forgotten by next years elections?

 

[tooAlive]

This is what happens when the fascists won't tax the wealthy.

This is what happens when you give socialists too much power.

No. This is what happens when you make the penalty for not taxing the super wealthy acceptable. This country has absorbed the Sequestration without batting an eye. It wasn't harsh enough.

Exactly.

Those "super-wealthy" socialists like Barack Obama have orchestrated the taxation system to benefit themselves and their buddies.

That's what happens when you give them too much power.

 

[auditor0007]

Harry Reid and Wal-Mart hope nobody will notice their online revenue raid.

By The Wall Street Journal

Every time Congress has taken a serious look at proposals to boost Internet sales taxes, it has rejected them. That’s probably why pro-tax Senators are trying to rush through an online tax hike with as little consideration as possible.

As early as Monday, the Senate will vote on a bill that was introduced only last Tuesday. The text of this legislation, which would fundamentally change interstate commerce, only became available on the Library of Congress website over the weekend. And you thought ObamaCare was jammed through Nancy Pelosi‘s Democratic House in a hurry.

For Senators curious about what they’re voting on, it is the same flawed proposal that Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) introduced in February. It has been repackaged to qualify for a Senate rule that allows Majority Leader Harry Reid to bypass committee debate and bring it straight to the floor.

Mr. Enzi’s Marketplace Fairness Act discriminates against Internet-based businesses by imposing burdens that it does not apply to brick-and-mortar companies. For the first time, online merchants would be forced to collect sales taxes for all of America’s estimated 9,600 state and local taxing authorities.

New Hampshire, for example, has no sales tax, but a Granite State Web merchant would be forced to collect and remit sales taxes to all the governments that do. Small online sellers will therefore have to comply with tax laws created by distant governments in which they have no representation, and in places where they consume no local services.

Meanwhile, New Hampshire’s brick-and-mortar retailers will bear no such burden. They will not be required to collect taxes on the many customers who drive across the Maine and Massachusetts borders to shop in New Hampshire. Bill sponsors say it would be too big a hassle to force traditional retailers to ask every walk-in customer where they live, but these Senators are happy to impose new obligations online.

The Enzi plan would require a centralized tax collector for each state or for a group of states that would gather both state and local levies from the online merchants. His office concedes that could still mean 27 or more different auditors of a Web-based business—which is better than 9,600 but hardly qualifies as simplicity

HARRY REID READY TO RUSH THROUGH INTERNET SALES TAX; OBAMA ENDORSES | sreaves32

This is a big problem. Currently, Internet sellers have a huge advantage over brick and mortar stores, but this would just reverse things in an even worse way. On the surface I do support an Internet sales tax, but not if sellers will have to make payments to every single tax authority in every single state.

About the only way I could support this is if they make one flat tax rate for all states, payable only to each state. That is the only way to make it simple enough that most retailers wouldn't be overburdened trying to track it. It would still be a headache though, because they still would have to track sales to each state.

I wish I had a good solution, because right now I don't see one.

 

[auditor0007]

And Liberals think Obama only wants to raise taxes on the 1%ers..

Anyone with a brain realizes that taxes need to go up a bit across the board. What most people forget is that if we ever get the economy growing again, tax revenues are going to increase and spending on social welfare programs will decrease. We are already heading in that direction.

 

[S.J.]

Liberals have never met a tax they didn't like.