Posted on 05/07/2013 5:11:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Disgusted and fed up like the rest of us, Sarah Palin rips members of the Republican Party a new one over their support for the so-called “Marketplace Fairness Act” a sales tax on internet purchases.
More new taxes?
How can we be divided on new taxes? In this horribly weak economy with an over-reaching, over-spending, anti-small-business government continually making the wrong decisions, Republicans can’t even stay committed to “No New Taxes”?
Please step away from your Washington, DC bubble and get back in touch with the hard working people who sent you there. Read the planks in our party’s platform and then read our lips. Learn from history or face repeating it: NO NEW TAXES.
~ Sarah Palin
If passed, this new tax will hurt small businesses who do business online the most, as they will be required to keep up with the laws of nearly ten thousand taxing jurisdictions, and remit taxes to each one their customers live in. It will cause many to fold up shop, as they will no longer be profitable.
It should be noted that Wal-Mart, which has a sizable online business, supports this tax 100 percent. Of course, unlike most online retailers, Wal-Mart also has brick and mortar businesses in almost every state. [and thus already collects sales taxes and has the resources to handle this]
Brick and mortar retailers like Wal-Mart claim they are at a disadvantage to internet only retailers, who do not collect sales taxes, unless product is shipped inside the state they have a physical presence....
(Excerpt) Read more at thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com ...
Well, of course. Ain’t nothing free these days.
In a state like Tx, where there is a variance from county to county...
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I’ve lived in TX all of my life (so far) and don’t recall Counties having sales taxes.
The TX State sales tax is 6.25%. Every city/town then adds a bit to finance local infrastructures. My city in the DFW area adds 2%, but I can drive only 2-5 miles to an adjoining city (in the same county) and the rate might be higher or lower.
Not all counties impose a county sales tax.
The below link from the Comptrollers Office lists those that do:
www.window.state.us/taxinfo/local/county
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