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(OPEN):
MANY SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE LONG COMPLAINED THAT THE TAX-CODE
"PICKS WINNERS AND LOSERS"--BY ALLOWING ONLINE-ONLY RETAILERS, SUCH AS
"AMAZON" AND "OVERSTOCK", TO EVADE COLLECTING STATE
SALES-TAX, LIKE "MAIN STREET"-RETAILERS DO. SUPPORTERS OF THE
BIPARTISAN "MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT"--WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN
CONGRESS THIS WEEK [THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11TH]--SAY THAT IT WOULD
CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE, AND "LEVEL THE PLAYING-FIELD" BETWEEN INTERNET- AND
"MAIN STREET"-RETAILERS. TERRI HOLLEY--THE OWNER OF
"EMBELLISH SHOES", IN CHATTANOOGA--DISCUSSES WHY SHE BELIEVES
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS SO IMPORTANT...
(HOLLEY):
"IN AN
ENVIRONMENT OF ECONOMIC-UNCERTAINTY, SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS SHOULD NOT BE
PUT AT A COMPETITIVE-DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF A LOOPHOLE IN THE TAX-CODE
THAT PRE-DATES THE INTERNET. INACTION BY CONGRESS ON THIS
LEGISLATION ENSURES THAT WINNERS AND LOSERS ARE NOT CHOSEN IN THE
FREE-MARKET ECONOMY--AND [ALSO] UNFAIRLY TILTS THE PLAYING-FIELD, IN
FAVOR OF ONLINE-ONLY RETAILERS."
(BRIDGE):
SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY--AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF
THE "ALLIANCE FOR MAIN STREET FAIRNESS"-COALITION--ARE
CALLING ON CONGRESS TO IMMEDIATELY PASS WHAT THEY CALL THIS
"COMMONSENSE", BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION...
(HOLLEY):
"TOO MANY SMALL-BUSINESSES AND JOBS ARE AT STAKE, FOR THIS PROBLEM
TO FESTER [FOR] YET ANOTHER YEAR. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR
BOTH PARTIES TO WORK TOGETHER, [IN ORDER] TO GIVE ALL LOCAL
SMALL-BUSINESSES THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED, IN A TRUE FREE-MARKET."
(CLOSE):
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