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“Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told the Times he was motivated to support the Internet sales tax in part by the owners of a local bridal shop, who complained to him that many customers browse in the store, then buy online for a better deal. Blunt didn’t tell the Times that three other supporters of the Internet sales tax with much deeper pockets than the bridal shop — PACs run by Home Depot, Walmart and Target — each gave $5,000 to his leadership PAC, Rely On Your Beliefs, earlier this year. And Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) who told the Times about a local shop in his state that lost customers looking for better deals on rifle scopes, took $5,000 from Home Depot on March 31.”
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/04/internet-sales-tax.html
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