SonicSpike excerpts from CNet’s coverage of the latest in the seemingly inevitable path toward consistently applied Internet sales taxes for U.S citizens: “Internet tax supporters are hoping that a vote in the U.S. Senate as early as today will finally give them enough political leverage to require Americans to pay sales taxes when shopping online. Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wy.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are expected to offer an amendment to a Democratic budget resolution this week that, by allowing states to ‘collect taxes on remote sales,’ is intended to usher in the first national Internet sales tax.” There goes one of the best ways to vote with your dollars.
