Comments on: Cyber Monday spree? You owe ‘use tax.’

By: John W

John W — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:33:13 +0000

As somebody who has resided in 12 states and witnessed all manner of poor governance and self-governance, I can say with authority that California is in a league of its own regarding Sen. Long’s observation.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:22:40 +0000

Taxes paid by somebody else are always popular.

Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee, tax the man behind the tree!

— Sen. Russell Long

By: John W

John W — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:56:35 +0000

Californians are very supportive of taxes — if paid by somebody else. That was true of both Prop. 13 and Prop. 30.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:17:04 +0000

Lots of luck to the great state of Kaliforniay in trying to collect that.

Paying taxes to Kaliforniay may be even more popular than paying taxes to the feds.

By: John W

John W — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:45:24 +0000

“…failing to report and pay the use tax they owe costs the state more than $1.1 billion.”

So, I wonder how much people DO report and pay under this system, and how many taxpayers account for that total.