Legislative Alert: Legislation Attempts to Impose New Internet Sales Tax (tags)
On Tuesday, the Senate agreed to begin debating a small business tax bill (S.2237) that some say could boost job creation. Unfortunately, Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have expressed plans to offer an Internet Sales Tax amendment. This amendment would make it much harder for entrepreneurial small business retailers to use the Internet to serve consumers across America, and raise the prices consumers would face when they shop from small businesses online.
California budget compromise takes from the poor, gives to the rich (tags)
Finally an article about California. Reprint from www.wsws.org. It is good somebody somewhere is writing something about here.
Guatemalans Hold Violent Protests (Associated Press) (tags)
An unidentified demonstrator is detained by riot police during a protest on the day of a national strike in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001. Businesses closed and workers marched to protest a planned 2 percent sales tax increase. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Caballero)