The tax bill that would mandate that all purchases on the Internet be taxed, the Marketplace Fairness Act, is awaiting a vote in the Senate. Yesterday, a test vote was taken, and that vote was 74 to 23 in favor of the tax.
In that vote, 27 so-called “tax-hating” Republicans voted for this horrendous tax. That is either the “conservative” way of compromise, or they are looking at the new money they might get to spend should this thievery get become law.
Actually, the main sponsor of this bill, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, is supposedly a “conservative” Republican Senator. These liars and cheats are attempting to put forth the notion that this tax (thievery) is only about fairness for local businesses, but do they (local businesses) get to keep any the tax collected? Of course not, it simply goes into state government coffers and harms the consumer, and in turn would harm the entire economy. This is the only result possible when the government takes a larger share of market production.
“This bill has nothing to do with imposing any kind of new tax or revenue generator,” said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. “What this law does is allow states that already have laws on the books to carry out the implementation of those” laws.
The only reason that a statement like this one, a statement that is an outright lie, can be put forward without total rebuke is that the general population is too ignorant or too stupid to know the difference. Obviously the politicians don’t worry much about scrutiny coming from the serfs who vote them into power.
The truth is that Internet sales are increasing, and it is already a huge business, and it is growing exponentially. Any time there is a pot of money to go after, the political class, regardless of party, will want “their” share, but if this is passed into law, it will be very detrimental to everyone!