At 08:50 PM 8/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010804/pl/tech_governors_tax_dc_1.html
Governors Seeking Internet Tax By Leslie Gevirtz PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - Wyoming Gov. Jim Geringer on Saturday urged Congress to allow states to tax e-commerce to replenish state coffers.
Perhaps some on the list can explain to me what the governors are asking from Congress. A plain reading of the Constitution supports and recent SC decisions have confirmed that the Commerce Clause prohibits states from taxing out-of-state corporations without an in-state nexus. Congress is also prohibited from delegating their taxation powers to the states, in the same way the SC ruled they may not delegate to the Pres the editing of bills via the line item veto, so what are they asking for? steve