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October 10, 2012

According to a nationwide survey of small business owners by the American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance and Small Business Majority, many small business owners think big corporations and wealthy individuals do not pay their fair share of taxes.  90% of survey respondents cite the use of accounting loopholes and shift of profits to offshore subsidiaries by big corporations as serious problems.

October 4, 2012

The Internet Association — the new group focused on protecting Internet freedom, whose members include Amazon, AOL, eBay, Expedia, Facebook and Google, among others, has joined up with Reddit on “Internet 2012,” a 10-city bus tour highlighting the impacts of the Internet on jobs, economic growth, freedom, creativity and prosperity. The bus tour kicked off yesterday in Denver in conjunction with the presidential debate, and will make stops in 10 cities on its way to the vice presidential debate in Danville, KY.

October 2, 2012

NetChoice has published their Fall 2012 iAWFUL list, or Internet Advocates' Watchlist for Ugly Laws.  Topping the list is the collection of Federal Internet Sales Tax bills which they say "would impose new tax burdens on online and catalog sellers while taking away states’ sovereign right to protect their businesses from out-of-state tax collectors."

Below is the complete iAWFUL list:

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