Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act, including co-sponsor U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., say the failure to collect taxes on Internet sales is only taking money out the pockets of retailers with a physical presence. Improved Internet tax law, said Cardin, would’ve helped Maryland capture $375 million in revenue, enough to solve the doomsday budget problem in Annapolis and eliminate the need for the special session of the legislature.
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7 comments:
but as soon as they spend that they would want to raise taxes because there was no money
Tax and spend baby!
Love the name "Marketplace Fairness". They should correct it to "Politicians Expecting Rewards For Undermining Most Economies (PERFUME)". Certainly sounds like another tool for these wasteful, greedy folks to undermine solid economies and the will of the people to control their own destinies. Watch housing values to further plummet in MD and continue to skyrocket in DE.
well duh...in fact, the democratic motto is, "i've never met a tax i didnt like!"
i've also heard that maryland's motto is, "if you can dream it, we can tax it!"
when we order on-line many times we pay shipping, so leave us alone. no taxes...
Another way the democrats are looking for a way to get outta doing their job in annapoli!
Well, maybe Ben can afford all the new taxes & fees which are taxes by another name. The rest of us can't.
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