Senate Moves To Kill The Internet

My parents used to say, "We brought you into this world and we can take you out." Well now, a bi-partisan group of Senators who are living under the idiotic impression that the federal government invented the Internet as it exists today are trying to kill it...

The Daily Caller reports: "On Monday, the Senate voted to take up the Marketplace Fairness Act, the bill that would force Internet retailers to begin collecting sales tax on purchases made online. "The bill’s name is a misnomer... [as it] would allow sales taxes to be collected by states from companies that are outside of their jurisdiction." So for example, Internet retailers found in California would have to abide by the tax jurisdictions in New York, Virginia, Illinois and all other states, as well as all city and municipal tax jurisdictions. In all, it amounts to 9,646 different tax codes that Internet retailers would have to adhere to. This obviously puts small businesses that operate on the Internet at a major disadvantage... Internet giants, like Amazon, have teams of lawyers, accountants and consultants to help guide it through the maze. Small businesses don’t have that luxury. They struggle as it is against larger retailers. The result of this legislation would potentially put small and medium sized business out of business or forced these businesses to raise their prices to cover costs. Either way, consumers lose. Read The Full Story

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