Internet Sales Tax Could Crush Small Businesses
Some say that it is a legitimate exercise of Congress's Commerce Clause power to give state governments the authority to force out-of-state businesses to collect sales taxes. But if that were the case, why shouldn't state governments be able to force you to pay sales taxes where you physically cross state lines to make a purchase? The Commerce Clause was intended to facilitate the free flow of goods and services across state lines, not to help states impose new burdens on out of state businesses.
The Internet sales tax is a bad idea for consumers, small Internet business, and perhaps most importantly, the next generation of online entrepreneurs.
-Ron Paul
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/ron-paul/just-how-dangerous-is-an-internet-sales-tax/