The Postal service is a good analogy- it is a wreak. Worse than the Pony Express. Love letters never delivered. So the USA launched the internet without a clue as how to make a profit from e-mails, Facebook,ordering on-line, etc. and is now stuck. Charging in now would lead to rebellion and carrier pigeons. No one really has a copyright anymore- Mr. Gates. Drag out the wax seals and India ink. On Apr 16, 11:50�pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | The End of Tax-free Internet Shopping? � � � � � � � � � � � � � � | > | � from the awaiting-a-60-cent-refund-check dept. � � � � � � � � � | > | � posted by timothy on Thursday April 16, @13:54 (United States) � | > | �http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/16/1737247� � � � | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Mordok-DestroyerOfWo writes "If a little-known but influential alliance > of state politicians, large retailers, and tax collectors have their way, > the days of [0]tax-free Internet shopping may be nearly over. A bill > expected to be introduced in the US Congress as early as Monday would > rewrite the ground rules for mail order and Internet sales by eliminating > what its supporters view as a 'loophole' that, in many cases, allows > Americans to shop over the Internet without paying sales taxes." > > Discuss this story at: > � �http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/04/16/1737247 > > Links: > � � 0.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10220649-38.html?tag=newsLatestHead... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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