Dear Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Republican Members of Congress:
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing taxpayers, consumers, and free market advocates across the nation, we write in strong opposition to proposals from across the ideological spectrum to change substantive antitrust standards that encourage courts to break up and destroy American technology companies. While we sometimes are concerned with the actions of these companies, as long-time supporters of free markets and free expression, we are troubled to see that some fellow conservatives would try to use the sledgehammer of big government to attack companies they may disagree with on a political or ideological basis.
Carousel: Chris Cushing moves up at Nelson Mullins rstreet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rstreet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Freedom from income taxes is among New Hampshire s delights: The Granite State is one of just nine that don t tax ordinary income. Of course, that benefit doesn t apply to New Hampshire residents who commute to work across the Massachusetts border. Income earned inside Massachusetts by an out-of-state resident is subject to Massachusetts taxes.
What about a New Hampshire resident who
used to commute to Massachusetts?
A no-brainer, surely. If you don t live in Massachusetts, and you no longer work in Massachusetts, then Massachusetts has no right to tax your earnings. What could be more self-evident?
Until last spring, that was the law. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue itself said so: Compensation for services rendered by a non-resident wholly outside Massachusetts, even though payment may be made from an office or place of business in Massachusetts, the department affirmed in a 1984 ruling, is not subject to the individual income tax. And if a New Hampshire resident e
18 Jan 2021
A group of “free-market and low-tax advocates” are urging House Republicans to back off plans to take antitrust action against Big Tech companies.
The
Washington Timesreported the “conservative activists” authored a 10-page letter to Republican U.S. Reps. Ken Buck (CO), Matt Gaetz (FL), and Andy Biggs (AZ) and it said in part:
We fear that today, both sides of the aisle are pushing for the weaponization of antitrust, either as a tool to punish corporate actors with whom they disagree or out of a presupposition that big is bad.
Unfortunately, the antitrust debate has begun to devolve into a litany of unrelated and often contradictory concerns, unsubstantiated and dismissive attacks, and seemingly a presumption that any market-related complaint that can be made on the internet can also be cured by the panacea of antitrust.