Vermont would tax internet

[CNHT]

My favorite parts of the article:

"The goal is ultimately to help our local businesses be more competitive," Wasser said, calling the increase in taxes on certain products "short-term pain for long-term gain."

Leave it to a government tax policy analyst to argue that raising prices by government fiat will make businesses "more competitive."

The underlying hope of the streamlined sales tax project, Wasser said, is to demonstrate to the U.S. Congress that states have created simplified sales tax structures, a crucial ingredient to make "a compelling case" for a federal law that would force merchants to add state sales taxes to Internet transactions.

What was that I heard about Vermont's independent streak?!?  They want to help federalize state sales tax collection?  That sound you hear is the air rapidly escaping from the Second Vermont Republic.

[Michael Fisher]

I repeat that someone should start a liberal K project for Vermont and recruit in New Hampshire.

"Look at all the welfare programs that you can be a part of in Vermont!"

"There's something for everyone in Vermont: victim disarmers, jingoists, hippies, Ben & Jerry's, an International Socialist Organization presence, countless laws, and government schooling galore!"

"Why waste your energy fighting and voting for liberal reforms in a primarily conservative state? Move to Vermont now and make a real difference."

"The liberal exodus to Vermont: 30 years running and still going strong."

[CNHT]

I repeat that someone should start a liberal K project for Vermont and recruit in New Hampshire.

"Look at all the welfare programs that you can be a part of in Vermont!"

"There's something for everyone in Vermont: victim disarmers, jingoists, hippies, Ben & Jerry's, an International Socialist Organization presence, countless laws, and government schooling galore!"

"Why waste your energy fighting and voting for liberal reforms in a primarily conservative state? Move to Vermont now and make a real difference."

"The liberal exodus to Vermont: 30 years running and still going strong."

+1 for you Mike! That about sums it up. They have the first socialist congressman too...

[KBCraig]

They have the first socialist congressman too...

No. Just the first to publicly admit it.

[CNHT]

They have the first socialist congressman too...

No. Just the first to publicly admit it.

Ha har! Good one!

[KurtDaBear]

I repeat that someone should start a liberal K project for Vermont and recruit in New Hampshire.

"Look at all the welfare programs that you can be a part of in Vermont!"

When I lived in northern Indiana, a group there used to give "economically disadvantaged" people bus tickets and information packets on Michigan's welfare benefits and social programs to encourage them to move north of the border.

[KurtDaBear]

Do I hear 'Internet Cafe'on the east side of very bridge across the CT river?

WOW Lloyd good idea! Or maybe a shipping point, as in, here is my address to be shipped TO, and can't be TAXED because it's in NH...
I mean if they can use bogus/each others addresses to vote, why not to accept packages?

Similar ideas have worked in the past--and even changed state policies.
Back in the 70's, California used to have a hefty inventory tax on goods stored in warehouses there.   A major manufacturer of private-label (store brand) toiletries and over-the-counter meds didn't want to pay it.  They built warehouses along Interstate highways in Nevada on the California border, then delivered their goods directly to their customers' stores and warehouses in CA.  Calif. lost the warehouse tax revenues, fuel tax and truck license revenues, property taxes on warehouses built out of state, and income taxes on the drivers' wages.  As more companies followed suit, CA canned the warehouse inventory tax.

So start your cafe/mail drop and put Vermont out of business.  (You might want to put in a few gas pumps, too, so people coming to pick up their packages can fuel up at low NH rates while they're in the neighborhood.)

[cathleeninnh]

This chain needs a catchy name.

NH not VT
The NH Advantage
NH Rocks

Any other suggestions?

Cathleen

[CNHT]

This chain needs a catchy name.

NH not VT
The NH Advantage
NH Rocks

Any other suggestions?

Cathleen

How about Vermont NOT or NOT Vermont?

LOL

[CNHT]

Speaking of internet taxes:


Breaking News
Senators Say "No" to Three Internet Taxes
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/5/2007 11:11:00 AM


A trio of senators-- two Republicans and a Democrat--wasted no time proposing legislation to make permanent a ban on a trio of Internet taxes. It's a move that pleased cable operators looking to boost their broadband presence.

On the first day of the new session of Congress, Ron Wyden (D-OR), John McCain (R-AZ) and John Sununu (R-NH) proposed banning taxes on Internet access, sales taxes by more than one state, or taxes on products or services delivered over the Internet that would not be taxed in a store or on the street.

The Internet Tax Freedom Act first passed in 1998 and was renewed in 2001 for two years, then got another extension, in 2004, to November of 2007.

NC TA President McClure applauded the move, saying it, "allows cable and other broadband providers to provide more affordable high-speed Internet service to millions more consumers in an environment unfettered by unnecessary taxation."

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Also, NO TOLLS IN THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
http://www.ktvz.com/story.cfm?nav=news&storyID=17925

[aries]

Do I hear 'Internet Cafe'on the east side of very bridge across the CT river?

WOW Lloyd good idea! Or maybe a shipping point, as in, here is my address to be shipped TO, and can't be TAXED because it's in NH...
I mean if they can use bogus/each others addresses to vote, why not to accept packages?

now that would be a legitimate business effort!

[error]

Someone's already had this idea.

http://www.mailnetwork.com/cgi-bin/citychoose.cgi?action=usa&goodstate=NH&bilkey=&formlogin=

[Rosie the Riveter]

Do I hear 'Internet Cafe'on the east side of very bridge across the CT river?

WOW Lloyd good idea! Or maybe a shipping point, as in, here is my address to be shipped TO, and can't be TAXED because it's in NH...

Some companies in the above-mentioned "tax agreement" assess sales tax based on the billing zip code for the card used to pay.

So, it looks like the NH Advantage Cafe will have to figure out a way to sell visa/mc gift cards.

Sounds like a lot of profit potential with the right marketing-- Selling coffee and baked goods, charge for internet access, "mailboxes", mail forwarding, and visa/mc gift cards.... One of these should be in So. NH on the MA border and in Portsmouth on the ME border as well...

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