Oregon [Senator] Jeff Merkley said he voted no "because the citizens of Oregon have said nine times that we don’t want our families or small businesses burdened with sales taxes."
"It’s a regressive tax. It’s an inefficient tax," he said. "And this bill would force our Oregon retailers to collect this regressive, inefficient tax for other states and municipalities. That is just wrong. I hope the House does the right thing and stops this legislation from trampling on Oregon small businesses.” [1]
The other Oregon Senator (Ron Wyden) was one of the co-authors of the 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act[2] and is similarly opposed to this bill.
"Today the senate is voting to take a few more inches off the little guy," said Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who has fought the bill hard. "You saw ads taken out by some of the biggest businesses in the country. It's easy to see why, Mr. President. With this vote, what you have is big businesses being given the ability to force new regulations onto the start-ups, onto the small businesses."[3]
Recent transplant to California, and I now have to go back to Oregon whenever I make a major purchase. A weekend trip to see friends, have an Amazon order shipped to them.
