At the link....is not working

just like RI's other (Linc)

Sammy

"Reed said he hears that the new tax-collection mechanism could incorrectly be interpreted as a new form of taxation"

Let's walk through this.

Say I went on Amazon in July and I purchased a Rush Limbaugh bobblehead doll without paying a tax.

Earlier this week (I'm starting a collection), I went on Amazon and purchased a Laura Ingraham bobblehead doll without paying a tax.

In September, Jack Reed's law kicks in. Accordingly, for my Glenn Beck bobblehead doll, I have to pay not only the purchase price but, for the first time, I have to pay an additional 7% that goes straight to the Rhode Island Division of Taxation.

Can the senator please explain how this is not a new form of taxation?

It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax. It's not a new tax.

Believe it yet?

Of course it's not a tax. You'll just be paying more money to government... in a set pattern... based on your purchases of certain goods...

congressman/woman can you tell me why you deserve a 3% pay increase, premium healthcare and a pension all paid for by the american taxpayer when the american taxpayer cannot find work has no health coverage or health coverage thats to expensive to use and will probilly never collect social security because washington has screwed up that to

congressman/woman can you tell me why you deserve a 3% pay increase, premium healthcare and a pension all paid for by the american taxpayer when the american taxpayer cannot find work has no health coverage or health coverage thats to expensive to use and will probilly never collect social security because washington has screwed up that to

It's not a new tax ... It's not a new tax ...

(clicking ruby slippers)

It's not a new tax ... It's not a new tax ...

It's not a new tax!!

Thanks, Patrick!

I think this is an idea which requires more consideration than it's proponents have given it.

It seems to me that a sales tax applies to the place where the sale is made. So, if Amazon consigns the sale, FOB, in Michigan to a purchaser in RI. The title passes to the buyer in Michigan, the sale is complete. I thnk there are Constitutional problems with RI attempting to tax a sale in Michigan. There is a lot of law about where a sale is made, and when the sale is complete.

For consumers, the age of "easy returns" has obfuscated much of this, and there is little concern over what state laws govern. eBay buyers seldom understand that the sale is complete when a seller consigns the item to a shipping company. If it is "insured", they do not realize that they are the "insured", and the loss is their problem. The seller who purchased the insurance only did it as their agent, and technically has no responsibility.

Sorry Monique but that's actually the bizarre right wing bobble-heads collection tax. It's a little known tax that comes with a bizarre left wing bobble-heads exemption. Its the only known liberal tax break passed in the last decade. You would have paid no tax for Obama, Biden, Reid, and Pelosi bobble-heads. Romney's was taxable until he signed health care in Mass and Palin's is deductible as long as you use it for target practice.