Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Tennessee for making that point. As to this notion that there is something fundamentally unfair that we would ask an Internet retailer that wants to sell in Illinois that they collect the same sales tax for that sale as the businesses in Illinois, for goodness' sake, you are asking for a safe haven, an advantage over a lot of good small businesses in my home State. As Senator Alexander said, if you don't want to abide by the laws of Illinois, for goodness' sake, make your sales elsewhere. The Marketplace Fairness Act levels the playing field for all retailers, Internet and direct. It provides software free of charge to help retailers calculate sales and use taxes. I heard my friend, the Senator from Montana, talk about how complex this was, how difficult this was. I just made a recent purchase on Amazon which endorses the Marketplace Fairness Act, and I paid sales tax. They didn't ask for any additional time to calculate it. It assumes I put in my ZIP Code, and they knew exactly what to collect from me. That is how easy and simple it is these days. This bill will also provide liability protection to ensure that if the software calculates the wrong tax, Internet retailers are held harmless. Finally, the bill protects small businesses, as we mentioned earlier, by exempting small sellers with less than $1 million in annual remote sales nationwide.…”