A lot have little or nothing to do with the Internet but everything to do with, oh, say, telecom carriers overextending themselves. Never mind the issue of depriving states of sales tax revenue. If we decide we really want a national sales tax policy, let's figure out how to put both online and physical merchants on a level playing field. Go ahead - argue that taxing Internet sales will kill the Internet. The Internet is no longer an experimental incubator.
Serious money changes hands every day across it.
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