ATLANTIC CENTRAL CofG&WRA Fan As I see it, the only way to even the playing field for small on-line businesses and local brick-and-mortar businesses is have all businesses charge sales tax based on the buyer's residence. If Joe from California walks in to the hobby shop in Podunk Iowa, they collect 10% ( or is it 15% now that Cali is bankrupt?) and send it to Sacremento, instead of 3% and send it to Des Moines. Losing traveller's sales taxes like that might cause some states to reconsider this turn of events. There is one fundimental flaw in that thinking. Requiring me to reveal my identity or place of residence, to make a cash purchase, is a non starter legally. You know, cash, that funny paper with pictures of old dead guys...... Sheldon
CofG&WRA Fan As I see it, the only way to even the playing field for small on-line businesses and local brick-and-mortar businesses is have all businesses charge sales tax based on the buyer's residence. If Joe from California walks in to the hobby shop in Podunk Iowa, they collect 10% ( or is it 15% now that Cali is bankrupt?) and send it to Sacremento, instead of 3% and send it to Des Moines. Losing traveller's sales taxes like that might cause some states to reconsider this turn of events.
As I see it, the only way to even the playing field for small on-line businesses and local brick-and-mortar businesses is have all businesses charge sales tax based on the buyer's residence. If Joe from California walks in to the hobby shop in Podunk Iowa, they collect 10% ( or is it 15% now that Cali is bankrupt?) and send it to Sacremento, instead of 3% and send it to Des Moines. Losing traveller's sales taxes like that might cause some states to reconsider this turn of events.
There is one fundimental flaw in that thinking. Requiring me to reveal my identity or place of residence, to make a cash purchase, is a non starter legally.
You know, cash, that funny paper with pictures of old dead guys......
Sheldon
And again, since this will be deleted anyway:
1. California not only is not bankrupt, we’re running a budget surplus. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article210903954.html
2. The sales tax is not 10 or 15%. https://blog.taxjar.com/california-state-sales-tax-2018/
Andre
Sheldon (Atlantic Central): Your daddy's rule is "on the right track". (See how I kept this reply within the RR forum guidelines)
andrechapelonCalifornia not only is not bankrupt, we’re running a budget surplus.
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Since this thread is doomed to soon deletion...
I am glad someone said this. I am tired of all the "California is Bankrupt" nonsense.
It is amazing how many people think Florida still has not recovered from Hurricanes Charley, Francis, Ivan, and Jeanne in 2004. Some people still think Lake Lanier in Georgia is drying up.
We all have ups and downs. Right now California is rocking!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Yep Monday morning indeed. Politics is a no no on this Forum.
Those dead guys on our money were ruthless. What's more incredible they are glorified that's why they're on our money. They are supposed to be the shining example of the American way.
Thomas Jefferson was a tyrant he owned slaves and a couple of states. I don't remember the details of the history behind it. It had something to do with the Louisiana Purchase I do believe. Those types of people can buy their way out of trouble faster than they get in to it. They never had to do any of their own Dirty Deeds to get to where they we're going. They hired other people for that. There are separate laws for commoners and Noble men.(people of money)
Martha Stewart's prison was like a Dream Resort, not to her. If you or I had to go there we'd never want to leave.
I seen the house Brown Town Mouse from Washington went to Duluth. Yes they want to help the miners and get the steel industry of America going again. Yeah right help the hard-working miners. There's an alternative motive for this. I'm not naming any names but countries across the pond have been buying our scrap steel for years adding an alloy making it better and selling it back to us for a profit even coming out ahead with the weight of the shipping overseas. We have the technology for this but it's cheaper to have it done overseas turn a buck in the transaction, the fat cats get fatter!
Our Minnesota Vikings stadium was built with European Steel high grade alloy lighter and stronger with metric stats. The glass put in was American stats. There's was a problem with the calibration, a stumbling block so to speak putting it all together. I know one of the men in charge of the glass he was one of the foreman. With the metric conversion to American standard measurement there still an iffy fine line left after the construction.
Tax on internet purchases I'm surprised it took them this long to get to it. Any way to scoop up off the bottom and bring it up to the top has always been priority.
Well that's my two cents