Former VA Governor and U.S. Senator Speaks Out Against Internet Sales Tax Legislation

August 2, 2013

George Allen, former Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator, recently published an op-ed in the Washington Times on why the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act disadvantages small Internet-enabled businesses and benefits their larger competitors.  Allen calls on Congress to establish policies that encourage small business growth and development and keep the Internet free from “of unfair, discriminatory taxation policies that would impede its future growth as a source of commerce”.

Read former Governor Allen’s op-ed.