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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
If I buy something in a store, it's obvious where the transaction took place. Online, it's not at all obvious. Some like DeMint, think the transaction took place at the seller's server. Others think the transaction took place right in your living room. But this isn't taxation without representation. I'm being charged a sales tax by my state, were I am represented. But if I cross the border to shop in person, that could be seen as taxation without representation, as I am paying state sales tax in a state where I am not represented. If I pay sales taxes to my state for for purchases over the internet, that is taxation with representation.
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Careful, though. A national sales tax might be the solution to the conundrum.