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Release SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR PROPOSES GESTAPO TACTICS TO COLLECT THE STATE SALES TAX Released by Jim Campi on 12/15/99 of Citizens Against Government Waste |
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"Gov. Janklow wants to use Gestapo-like tactics to enforce the state sales tax," noted CAGW President Thomas A. Schatz. "Only this time, the guys with the brown shirts are going to be the victims." Janklow made his comments during a panel discussion entitled "Streamlined Sales Tax System for the 21st Century." He threatened to disrupt interstate commerce, pull over delivery trucks, and inspect packages originating from out of state – all to collect the state sales tax. When asked by an incredulous participant if he was joking, Gov. Janklow refused to comment. CAGW has a staff member present at the conference who witnessed Janklow's remarks. Several members of the National Governor's Association – including Janklow – wanted to use the ACEC conference as a springboard to tax commerce on the Internet. CAGW strongly opposes any attempt to tax e-commerce, citing it as "the vanguard of America's current economic growth." "The explosion of the Internet has been truly phenomenal," Schatz stated. "But left in the hands of elected officials such as Janklow, government will unwittingly kill the goose that is laying these golden eggs. Americans don't want a bureaucrat on every cyber-corner." CAGW is a nonpartisan, nonprofit
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