“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
(Visited 36 times, 1 visits today)
Related posts:
Internet luminaries urge EU to kill off automated copyright filter proposal
A Cannabis Company Just Bought a Whole Town To Create A 'Weed Village'
The Expendables: The Temps Who Power Corporate Giants
Blockchain.info: the World’s Most Popular Bitcoin Website and Wallet
Support the Troops with Peace and the 'Right to Try'
Ron Paul 'Worried' U.S. Might Kill Snowden With Drone
Statement by Julian Assange on Verdict in Bradley Manning Court-Martial
Rebellious Jurors Make the World a Better Place
Airbnb might be closer to accepting Bitcoin: CEO requests opinions
How eBay Could Rescue Bitcoin From the Feds
Mastercard Hates Bitcoins
Did the Southern Poverty Law Center Instigate an Attempted Murder?
Contrarians’ Wildest Dream Coming True
Utah Bill Would Enable Post-Arrest Collection Of DNA Samples
Israeli Soldier Recounts Harrowing, Heroic War Story Of Killing 8-Month-Old Child