[Elecraft] INTERNET PURCHASING

[David Cutter]

We pay an awful lot of "tax" on imports from the USA

David
G3UNA

On 30/05/2012 19:26, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
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> 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.
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> In the end, YOU suffer.
> 73,
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> Kent  K9ZTV
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