We pay an awful lot of "tax" on imports from the USA David G3UNA
On 30/05/2012 19:26, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: > > Internet sales are almost universally tax-free which means local > communities are deprived of revenue crucially needed to maintain quality > living for their citizens. Every time you think you save a buck by > ordering online, you actually hurt your local schools, hospitals, fire > departments, special learning centers, and all manner of charities. > Every locally owned business in your town, whether you live in a > metropolis or a village, contributes a sizable portion of its > sales-revenue to other people. Just outright gives it to them . . . > whether in the form of taxes or in the form of donations. The fewer > sales they have (because you have taken your business to anonymous > internet vendors), the less money they have available to give to > anybody. In the end, YOU suffer. > > In the end, YOU suffer. > 73, > > Kent K9ZTV > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
