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Liberal DC “Republican” Wants Higher Internet Taxes

LAMAR ALEXANDER WANTS YOU TO PAY MORE ONLINE … There’s just no difference between Democrats and “Republicans” these days in Washington, D.C. In fact there’s been no real difference between the two parties for years when it comes to the core issues of governing (taxes and spending). The only difference now…

LAMAR ALEXANDER WANTS YOU TO PAY MORE ONLINE …

There’s just no difference between Democrats and “Republicans” these days in Washington, D.C. In fact there’s been no real difference between the two parties for years when it comes to the core issues of governing (taxes and spending).

The only difference now is that it’s all out in the open.  The GOP has officially come out of the closet as the other party of big government – indistinguishable from its “rival” on virtually all meaningful fiscal issues.

Take Lamar Alexander, a liberal U.S. Senator from Tennessee who is leading the fight to expand internet taxation in America.  Alexander and several Democrats are blocking a popular federal ban on web-only taxes – hoping to force Congress into adopting measures that will enhance states’ web-based tax collection efforts.

In a rare moment of clarity, the increasingly left-leaning editorial board of The Wall Street Journal blasted Alexander – not only for his fiscal liberalism but for “mis-defining federalism to justify more taxing.”

“The Internet is the quintessential instrument of interstate commerce, and under the U.S. Constitution it is Washington’s business whether state and local governments impair such commerce,” the board wrote.  “One of the reasons the Founders abandoned the Articles of Confederation in favor of the Constitution was to prevent local jurisdictions from placing unbearable tax and regulatory burdens on commerce crossing their borders.”

Indeed …

More to the point, the Journal board cited a recent report from the Tax Foundation which found that “increases in federal, state, and local fees drove the national average wireless tax and fee burden to its highest level ever – nearly 18 percent of the average U.S. wireless customer’s bill.”

“This is an increase of nearly one percentage point over 2014 levels and is almost two and one half times higher than the general sales tax rate imposed on most other taxable goods and services,” the report noted.

In other words government is already screwing over consumers on the internet … why give them additional tools to do it?

The Tax Foundation also specifically addressed Alexander’s antics, concluding failure to pass the web-only tax moratorium could result in “excessive wireless taxes … imposed on wireless internet access.”

“This could add significantly to the growing tax burden on consumers, who increasingly rely on wireless devices to access the internet,” the report concluded.

In other words it would lead to more nickel-and-diming of the American consumer … not to mention limited access to the web.

America’s economy is in an exceedingly precarious position.  Interest rates are going up.  Wages remain flat.  The number of working age citizens who aren’t part of the labor force remains at a forty-year high.  The absolute last thing Washington should be doing right now is attacking internet commerce via higher web taxes.

Yet that’s exactly what “Republican” Lamar Alexander is doing …

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12 comments

The Buzzman December 28, 2015 at 12:47 pm

Lamar Alexander is still alive?

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erneba December 28, 2015 at 1:17 pm

“There’s just no difference between Democrats and “Republicans” these days in Washington, D.C.”
They proved that with the budget bill that was passed last week.
There is essentially no difference between the the two parties as represented in the Congress.
“Tax and spend,” get used to it.

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idcydm December 28, 2015 at 3:40 pm

“Spend more than they tax”…FIFY The National Debt is slow death and much more sinister than a radical Islamist.

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erneba December 28, 2015 at 4:03 pm

Yeah, it just illustrates either dying by the pen(higher taxes) or dying by the sword.(Islamist’s bombs) Our own government is figuratively killing us.

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Mike at the Beach December 28, 2015 at 4:49 pm

I saw a term I liked in a op-ed the other day, but I forget exactly how the phrase turned. Something along the lines of describing the entrenched DC establishment (regardless of party affiliation) as a “New Hybrid Establishment Party” or something like that. That’s pretty much where we are…

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Soft Sigh from Hell December 28, 2015 at 6:19 pm

Look up “chimera”: mythology or genetics.

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Mike at the Beach December 28, 2015 at 7:25 pm

Ha! I’m familiar (with the mythical beasties, anyway)…

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TroubleBaby December 28, 2015 at 3:59 pm

“One of the reasons the Founders abandoned the Articles of
Confederation in favor of the Constitution was to prevent local
jurisdictions from placing unbearable tax and regulatory burdens on
commerce crossing their borders.”

People can vote with their feet with decentralized authority.

The Articles were superior to the Constitution in that it both stifled a large central government while promoting decentralization and competition for tax cattle between the states.(which means that if any one state hammered their population too hard with taxes they simply left for another state)

The Constitution was passed in a deceitful and underhanded manner because many knew that it would create a burdensome and powerful central government.

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Mom December 28, 2015 at 4:16 pm

Get ready folks – the government is going to tax our internet usage.

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RogueElephant December 28, 2015 at 5:48 pm

Calling Lamar Alexander a Republican is almost as bad as calling Grahamnasty a Republican. To any true Republican this is sickening.

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Lone Ranger December 29, 2015 at 6:51 pm

Ummmmm…Kemosabe…Tennessee?…the state that gave us gutless RINO Senator Corker who let Obama give nukes to Iran?

Why yes, Tonto—the very same don’tcha know—now fellow RINO Lamar Alexander has yet ANOTHER screw-the-voters-plan

Not to worry, Kemosabe, we had this problem with Custer and when we discussed it we weren’t the least bit ah…torn

So…next time up will be for scumbags Alexander and Corker—just like flag-ripping Joe Wilson—THEIR Little Big Horn !!!

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