Here in Georgia:
- Sorry, Amazon customers in Georgia; it’s time to start paying the 8% Internet sales tax.
- U.S. Transportation Secretary calls Kasim Reed one of his favorite mayors, praises city’s air cargo focus.
- Galloway has more on the fight for leader of the the state Senate.
- U.S. Rep. Austin Scott begins a state tour today to discuss the farm bill.
National Stories of Interest:
- Gang of Six, plus two are planning a secret retreat.
- Rep. Darrell Issa to probe Libya attack in a hearing. Remember, Fast & Furious?
- What’s Sen. John Thune’s next move?
- Congressional investigators produce scathing report on regional counterterrorism offices.
& Other Stuff:
- In a fire? Robots to the rescue.
- AIG sheds its skin with a new logo
- Lucas Baiano: the GOP’s auteur admaker
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Well, what’s on for tonight?
Any legislators want to tell me why the Georgia internet state sales tax is stated as 8%, but the Georgia state sales tax is only 4%? Seems like if one of the reasons to enact this tax was to level the playing field with brick and mortar stores, then the field just got tipped drastically the other way by charging twice the amount of tax on internet sales.
Though we all know the true reason for the tax is merely to put more tax dollars in the hands of the tax dollar spenders under the gold dome.
The Georgia sales tax is 4%. Local governments charge additional taxes every time the State charges sales tax so I suppose that’s what the person in the article is talking about.
Is there somewhere in Georgia that charges an additional 4% sales tax? Fulton or City of Atlanta perhaps?
City of Atlanta. State + ELOST + LOST + MARTA + SEWER
So, what exactly is the rate for internet sales? Is it solely the 4% state sales tax? Or a new and improved 8% state sales tax? Or is it whatever the county/city the item is being shipped to the prevailing rate, i.e., 6% in Gwinnett at the present? Do the counties and cities get any cut of this internet sales tax?
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but it’s my understanding the rate will vary according to whatever other taxes local governments have and local government will receive the revenue for those local taxes.
ummm, you’re the one who voted on this legislation, not us.
I scanned through the bill and didn’t see that specifically spelled out and not being an expert on tax law I thought it best to tell you what I understood to be correct leaving open the possibility I’m wrong and inviting someone who might really be an expert to weigh in.
If you’re looking for an elected official who thinks he knows everything about everything I’m not your guy. Sorry to destroy your exalted opinion of me. I pray the pain I’ve caused will not be permanent.
Buzz,
I have different take on this, the performance of Georgia Tech football team or should I say lack of performance has thrown you off your game.
Ouch.
How can they be expected to compete with Middle Tennessee – they don’t have an income tax up there.
Good point Chris. We’re not playing on a level field.
I wonder if Hank Johnson can fix that.
What happened to “we’ll just have to pass it to see what’s in it” ?
now it is “we’ll just have to send it to the courts for translation”
So it’s true, your feet really are made of clay? Others have alluded to such, but I insisted they were wrong. I’m shattered I tell you, shattered.
As I said, I hope the pain isn’t permanent. The sun will rise tomorrow.
I loved this Galloway quote from his Sunday column:
“The center of power in the Senate has become so blurry that lobbyists don’t know whose names to put on checks.”
Speaking of Fast and Furious, anyone see the report on Univision? Fast and Furious guns used in massacres that killed 60 Mexican teens. Wow.
Yeah it’s a mess. Did you see this http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/30/as-college-sophomore-eric-holder-participated-in-armed-takeover-of-former-columbia-university-rotc-office/
Okay God and Guns enthusiasts-you cannot keep calling these guns the Fast and Furious guns. All guns are wonderful and there should be no restrictions on second amendment rights.More guns, guns everywhere-it’s all for the good. Guns in bars, guns in schools, guns in the hands of minors.
In other words-you can’t get your panties in a wad over these guns when you have been instrumental in the flood of guns at home. The height of hypocrisy.
I had to look this up as we head into the final weeks of election season; When was the last time a presidential candidate won the presidency without winning either his birth state or current home state:
James Polk, 1844
Michigan and Massachusetts will not be voting for Mitt.
I have a friend (shocking I know) who wanted to make it the law that if you didn’t win your home State you couldn’t be President. He’s glad that’s not the law currently.
That’s an interesting question to be sure. There is an entire theory of selecting candidates based merely on their home state. Democrats were enamored with the Mass/Tex combo.
Gore was the last nominee not to carry his home state. McGovern, likewise, didn’t carry his home state. Nixon won in 1968 without carrying New York, his birth state, but he did carry California, who he represented in Congress.
In a more limited question, the last nominee to win the Presidency without carrying either his home state or the state he represented was Woodrow Wilson. But since they were both New Jersey, that’s sort of cheating on my part.
Only 3 candidates in history have won w/o carrying their home state, Polk, Wilson and Nixon. In Nixon’s case, he won his birth state (CA), but lost NY where he took up residence after losing a governor race in CA.
Throw in the fact that no GOPer has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio, and the historical odds are really stacked against Romney.
well, yes, but chin up Romney backers, Ohio has fewer electoral votes now.
Oh man…I’m gonna have to pay tax on Amazon…that sucks bigtime…where’s the anti-tax furor now??? (said with a wee bit of sarcasm). If Grover wants to make good use of himself he needs to get off the hospital bed tax and fight the Amazon tax! Fyi…interesting piece about Grover, Ralph , and Jack…
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-resurrection-of-ralph-reed/
Seems Mayor Reed has been doing all the heavy lifting that should be the job of our congressional delegation. Last time I looked, wasn’t Congress supposed to appropriate money? When was the last time your (D or R) congressman brought home money for needed projects (emphasis on NEEDED…not pork). I cant remember any…although I do remember Cynthia McKinney getting appropriation for some kind of cultural hair braiding seminar thing (that is the truth…no lie), but that was a long time ago (thank GOD no more of her in Congress)
Olens ‘orders’ local school boards to stop campaigning against charter amendment — http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/10/03/sam-olens-orders-local-school-boards-to-cease-campaigns-against-charter-school-amendment/
Meanwhile the governor and all supporters of the amendment may continue their campaigns in favor….seems fair enough?????
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