My daughter, who has a hearing defect, was prescribed a listening program that only worked on - Windows 95.
She was pretty freaked out by them at the time and, ten years later, she still says she remembers the screams although she can't remember what was on the videos.
Since she can only remember the screams, I am assuming the videos fixed the hearing defect she had?
Seriously, I don't... I still have my keyboard from 1993 because these new ones stink.
More seriously - I use my computer for work. Not kids, not watching videos, not games, WORK. Windows XP/7 is better at getting work done than Windows 8.
Hopefully microsoft pulls their heads out of their butts on this and allows a quick setting change to "I have no use for metro, thanks."
So do I - real work. I do not play games on a PC; prefer a 4:3 aspect if I can get it because no movies, etc. I do not even listen to music. But real work is generally done in applications like Word, Excel, AutoCAD, ERP, etc. Not the Windows operating system, but the apps loaded from it. Beyond loading an app, or managing files, what other real work is done in the Operating system? Very little. And I find Windows 8 about as good for that Windows 7. Plus it loads faster and finds printers nearby.
Seems to me that the states shouldn't be trying to deal with the taxes on this, and instead congress should be doing it under the mantle of "Regulating Interstate Commerce". Pass a law that says all sellers must collect and report both federal and state income tax on sales as if the sale were occurring at the buyer's physical location, or the location to which the product is delivered. (Whichever is easier to make into an enforceable law).
Simple, clean, unambiguous, very few loopholes, and understandable to customers.
It is anything BUT clean - it is a complete mess for businesses to try and figure out what tax to charge and who it gets sent to. It is not just 50 states, it is as you suggested the buyer's physical location, so every other tax on top also must be calculated, collected, and paid to the local parish, county, city, district, etc. And add in some audits by each of these taxing authorities. Paying local taxes is is easy when Mom and Pop hardware is selling to it's walk in customers, they pay the city, county, state and federal govt. And it is almost workable for a large corporation that pays for a top tier ERP system and adds a tool like vertex (expensive and must be maintained by a team). But your proposal just cut off any small - medium business that wants to sell beyond the physical locations they occupy. I hep you like Walmart, because they and others sized like them will be your online provider of products.
Really? Prove evolution by reproducing it in its original effect and document that so I can also reproduce it.
Then for the rest of your statement, Galatians 3:28.
Stop being so ignorant and start thinking and studying for yourself, we will all be better off.
If all else fails, lower your standards.
