The debate over the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act
is not about a level playing field. It is an attempt by politicians to
grab more tax revenue to facilitate bigger government.
It's not unusual, of course, to find that politicians want more of
our money. Heck, that's a dog-bites-man story. What makes this situation
so unusual, however, is that they're trying to reach outside their
borders to grab more money.Here's what you need to know. Some states impose very high sales taxes, and politicians get irked that some consumers avoid the taxes by using the Internet to buy products from out-of-state merchants. But rather than go after in-state consumers, they want to create an elaborate and intrusive system to force out-of-state merchants to act as tax collectors.
Talk about taxation without representation!
