Would you vote for a local tax on internet sales?

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376 Votes

Would you vote for a local tax on internet sales?

20%

Yes Yes

80%

No No

20%

Yes

The Boone County Commission has expressed a desire for a sales tax on online purchases and the Columbia City Council will vote soon on whether to put such a tax on the ballot.

The Boone County Commission has expressed a desire for a sales tax on online purchases and the Columbia City Council will vote soon on whether to put such a tax on the ballot. Show Less

4 Comments

Cherylene Lee Gaines Ramos

Yes, I try to purchase everything locally, but when I have to arm chair shop, it would still benefit our community if it was implemented.

Jack L

If local mom and pop stores have to charge a sales tax, then internet stores should have to charge them too. Or else eliminate sales taxes on all stores. We need a level playing field for our retailers.

Max

I would prefer to support our local businesses, than Amazon and E-bay. I think Jeff Bezos is a Socialist, and every time you help him, you hurt yourself and your country. Jeff Bezos's net worth is 201.7 billion USD.

TRUMP 2024

Please do I live in Columbus over 50 years I have recently moved to a county over I do not shop in Columbia when I built my new house my contract I said do not buy anything in Boone County because of the taxes and because of everything about Colombia

80%

No

Local governments have had trouble getting approval for such taxes amid voters' anti-tax sentiments.

Local governments have had trouble getting approval for such taxes amid voters' anti-tax sentiments. Show Less

2 Comments

Lisa Gore

Unconstitutional...

Do you support using the National Guard to fight crime in Washington, D.C.?

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742 Votes

Do you support using the National Guard to fight crime in Washington, D.C.?

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

2 Comments

Germaine pate

Because thats the only thing that they understand

Candace RN

Because the mayors have been inadequate to get crime under control in their cities.

77%

No

13 Comments

Amy Sullivan

The Mayor and Chief of Police are quite capable of handling the LOW crime rate in D.C.

Jane Porter

We do not have a king, but we might have a Hitler

Dump Trump

Other than the GOP, crime in DC has already gone down.

Roberthurd1

Once again the president is fabricating an emergency to expand his power when all evidence point to the contrary. D.C. is at its lowest crime rate in 30 years there is no emergency that warrants the mobilization of the national guard.

Jeffrey S

It's just one more step toward martial law and autocracy. Elections and democracy may be a thing of the past here in America.

Nicole

Another distraction from the Epstein files. Release the files. DC crime rate at a 30 year low. What happened on Jan6 when tRump said he didn’t have the authority to call in the National Guard and blamed the Dems? No peace for tRump until he releases the files.

Jeannine Hoeft

This is an escalation of implementing Project 2025... start taking over the blue cities and turn them into police states.

Terri Ryan

DC doesn't need or want intervention. We are not Russia, China, or North Korea. We don't want a heartless dictator or king. Our nation should truly be the land of opportunity.

Zaos Gonzolez

Paying taxes is opportunity.

Linda Jo

He is criminalizing homelessness, which should not be a crime. This is the move of an authoritarian wannabe dictator. American military are not and should not be a police force. This is a half-step from groups like the Gestapo and brown shirts.