"Politicians must look in the mirror..!"

 The local paper (The Kaua'i Garden island news recently ran an editorial titled,"state should collect sales tax from online retailers," is a bad idea for many reasons.

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_2419a084-68c6-11e0-bace-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

In the  editorial they neglect to state that when you buy online there is usually a shipping and handling fee which usually amounts to more than what the sales tax would be.

People have been buying mail order for years, even before the Internet people who lived in rural communities more than anyone relied on on mail order for much of their shopping needs. The Internet did not invent mail order companies.

If such a tax where to be voted into law it would force many mail order companies to have disclaimers, "not available in Hawaii."

Many companies that include free shipping already have such a disclaimer.

What business located outside of Hawai'i would want the extra work of filing a Hawaiian tax form, hence creating more book-keeping for them?

How about this for a start, every state, and county politicians take a mandatory 20% pay-cut and donate their car allowances to the state budget.

Mail order has existed for ever, no more laws, we are buried with laws, let us breathe!

Politicians must look in the mirror before proceeding, no new taxes, period.!