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Dale Bumpers: “But the point that must not be lost sight of is we are not imposing anything. We are simply saying to the States, if you…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1995
But the point that must not be lost sight of is we are not imposing anything. We are simply saying to the States, if you choose to do this, it is your prerogative. If you do not, that is also your prerogative. But we are also saying that if you do not have a sales tax in your State, you cannot charge it. There are five States in this country that have no sales tax. This bill would not apply to them. They would not be able to charge this because they do not have a tax that they tax their own citizens with, and therefore they could not tax citizens of other States.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a bill related to state sales tax during Senate floor debate.

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