Last week, while testifying before the Advisory Commission of Electronic Commerce, a group of bureaucrats — also known as state and local government officials — sang a familiar tune. They hummed a few bars, did a little soft-shoe, and claimed that public safety and public education will deteriorate without sales tax revenue from e-commerce.
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Tax-and-Spenders Just Won’t Give Up
Posted by: Chet Dembeck September 21, 1999 12:00 AMLast week, while testifying before the Advisory Commission of Electronic Commerce, a group of bureaucrats — also known as state and local government officials — sang a familiar tune. They hummed a few bars, did a little soft-shoe, and claimed that public safety and public education will deteriorate without sales tax revenue from e-commerce.