On 5 Feb 2007 at 19:32, David Griffith wrote:
One would think this would be a no-brainer given that
these "oh well"
states clearly appear to be in violation of Article I Section 10 of the
US Constitution.
Abuse goes much further than that.
Prior to 1991, we used to regularly argue with California that there
was no way we could collect sales tax, as Oregon has no sales tax,
and therefore no mechanism for collecting it. (BTW, in California,
unless things have changed, the agency responsible for riding herd on
sales tax is called the "Board of Equalization". Always smacked of
"Handicapper General"). I also explained that Oregon would most
likely not honor a warrant from California that dealt with sales tax
issues. It made little difference to the small minds in the Golden
State--and some refused to believe that Oregon has no sales tax.
After that, it became a requirement that any entity from any state
doing business with a California government entity had to go through
a bunch of "drug free workplace" forms, including one that stated
that we gave annual drug screenings to all of our employees. We
managed to duck that one, but just barely.
I remember when California increased the sales tax from a 1% tax to
fund education to 6% as a "temporary" measure. There were some who
warned that there's no such thing as a temporary tax--and they were
right. Heck, we're all still paying for the Spanish-American War via
the 3% Federal Excise tax on our phone bills.
Aw, there I go again...
Cheers,
Chuck