[citation][nom]jmu03182[/nom]you yanks do have a stange system. online purchases aren't from businesses in some mystical wonderland exempt from taxes. its just another method of ordering. do you pay tax when phone somewhere and order something? of course. the internet is just a different way of ordering a product and you should pay ur taxes on it. no wonder u have so much debt lol[/citation]
you brits are just as in debt, and you tax for earning, having, and spending money. stop finding new ways to tax people your giving our government too many ideas on what they think they are entitled to, hahaha!
there's already double dipping going on, your taxed for making money and taxed for spending it. that's FDR's fault for associating with Churchill too much i guess, as there was no tax on citizens for earning money before him.
and the states arguements are negated becuase they get to tax the delivery driver on his wages, the company he works for on their earnings, and the taxes on equipment and fuel used to make the deliveries, so they actually make out better, right now it's a democratically elected america and democrats have already spent everything and are just looking for more ways to steal money to spend on their socialism programs. that's the way it's been since FDR every time the democrats get control. republicans appear to have turned the same way since Reagan.
it used to be the goverment made it's money off tarriffs and business taxes. in alot of states online goods are only taxed if it's going to a buyer of the same state as the seller.
i would not be opposed to a federal sales tax on all goods sold so long as they do away with the income tax, or just keep the income tax put everybody at 10-15% and do away with sales taxes.