
Marco Rubio Opposes Online Sales Tax Hike
To mark “Cyber Monday” as part of the holiday shopping season, Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida teamed up with other senators urging congressional leaders to stand against new online sales tax requirement proposals.
Rubio joined fellow Republicans U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Steve Daines of Montana and Mike Lee of Utah in writing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., on the matter.
“As people across our nation make online purchases today as part of Cyber Monday, we write to urge Republican leadership to reject any efforts to impose a misguided and destructive Internet tax collection scheme on our small businesses that rely on the Internet to tap into growing markets, expand their operations, and create jobs,” the senators wrote. “We should be focused on policies that encourage economic growth and job creation, instead of imposing new financial burdens and onerous regulations on businesses and interstate commerce,” the senators continued. “Instead of protecting and fostering e-commerce, online sales tax legislation would stifle small business growth and job creation.”
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