Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Bottom Feeders Never Stop! Always alert for every bone and morsel to pick clean. Durbin proposes Internet sales tax

Durbin proposes Internet sales tax | Government | Crain's Chicago Business
By: Paul Merrion July 29, 2011

(Crain's) — Sen. Dick Durbin introduced legislation today that would require all but the smallest Internet retailers to collect what he called “billions in taxes that are already owed.”

The Illinois Democrat's “Main Street Fairness Act” would overturn Supreme Court decisions that held the state and local sales tax system is so complex that requiring Internet retailers to collect sales taxes would be a burden on interstate commerce. The bill would require states to use a simplified and harmonized sales tax system, already adopted by 24 states.

Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110729/NEWS02/110729805/durbin-proposes-internet-sales-tax#ixzz1Tj6y1Z9C
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