Spending Daily | May 6, 2013 

No More Tax-Free Online Shopping?

The Associated Press reports, “Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet. The measure is expected to pass because it has already survived three procedural votes. But it faces opposition in the House, where some Republicans regard it as ...

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When I heard the draft immigration bill was 844 pages long, I cringed and sighed.  There was no way I could ever get into reading a bill that huge.

Or so I thought.

I downloaded the bill in pdf format from this site.  You could do the same.  To my (pleasant) surprise, the bill was not unreadable.

First of all, look at the sample page below.  On a sheet of paper 8-1/2 inches wide, the text would only occupy 3-1/2 inches!  And it’s double spaced.  The average line is only 6 or 7 words ...

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By AZ State Senator Brenda Barton

Recently I have been asked by many for my thoughts on the governor’s Medicaid expansion proposal. This is a complex issue and there isn’t a simplistic or short form answer. It is my hope that your newspaper will print my thoughts to you without editorializing or editing because this is an extremely important decision and will have significant impacts on the lives of the residents of Arizona and Legislative District 6.

Until a week ago, any comments I could h...

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