A retired police officer and friend of mine talked about the good old days when the decision to handcuff anyone was up to the officer dealing with the situation. Problem was, white folk were rarely handcuffed, black folk were usually handcuffed. That was unfair.
So new rules, now everyone gets handcuffed. There. Better.
Today we have some states require sales taxes on internet sales, some do not. So Amazon.com, only to avoid the constant lawsuits from States over taxes, is calling for something Congress is calling Marketplace Fairness Act which of course is a misleading title. An act has winners and losers, the only question is who wins and who loses.
In this one, small businesses and some consumers lose because the cost of collecting the taxes and comparison shopping will combine to end an advantage, and run people out of business.
For my part I have no real dog in this fight, for small businesses who compete on design have no fear from taxes or amazon, but in principal, whenever we extend a bad idea that vexes some to everyone, the results just make things worse.
Instead of handcuffing everyone, who about we stop picking on blacks? Instead of taxing everyone, we make all internet sales tax-exempt? More taxes in the hands of the State just means more of the problems the states foist upon us.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
So new rules, now everyone gets handcuffed. There. Better.
Today we have some states require sales taxes on internet sales, some do not. So Amazon.com, only to avoid the constant lawsuits from States over taxes, is calling for something Congress is calling Marketplace Fairness Act which of course is a misleading title. An act has winners and losers, the only question is who wins and who loses.
In this one, small businesses and some consumers lose because the cost of collecting the taxes and comparison shopping will combine to end an advantage, and run people out of business.
For my part I have no real dog in this fight, for small businesses who compete on design have no fear from taxes or amazon, but in principal, whenever we extend a bad idea that vexes some to everyone, the results just make things worse.
Instead of handcuffing everyone, who about we stop picking on blacks? Instead of taxing everyone, we make all internet sales tax-exempt? More taxes in the hands of the State just means more of the problems the states foist upon us.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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