First, a strong and capable military is necessary.

That said, lets talk about hundred of miles of bicycle paths, luxurious high school and college athletic training facilities, plush high school and college sports venues (think football field used maybe 5-6 times a year and I don't believe the ruse that no tax dollars are used), student facilities including climbing walls, and tax dollar supported coffee shops on campus. The list goes on.

The big problem is that those who v**e to strip money from supposedly "sacred" targeted funds, e.g. gasoline taxes, cannot be held accountable except at the b****t box and US v**ers are generally unread in politics and go for the candidate who promised freebies. Enough! Maybe se need to go to "The Attic"?

I already have my Payboo card. No surprises, no hidden fees, but be ware if you do not pay balances in full every month, 29.99%. As to your personal information, if you have a credit card, mortgage, car payment, your personal information is already out there and any hope of confidentiality has sailed long ago.

I pay more than my fair share in taxes and like others here don't mind doing so but what aggravates me is the waste of the taxes I pay and the governments insatiable need for more. Especially in Washington State, we build palatial schools and significantly over pay/hire school administrators and then the school districts cry about not having enough money to pay teachers. No fiscal responsibility. OK, off my soap box now.

If a person is doing it lawfully I have NO problem with saving money. Sorry if that offends you :) I guess a lot of us have been spoiled by not having to pay sales tax on items we purchase out of state online. I just can't jump at the chance to pay sales tax if I don't have to. Taxes are getting ridiculous not just the new sales tax thing. People in California which I travel to a lot pay exorbitant gas tax in their state and prices are hard for some families or persons to afford. I applaud your valiance to ante up but I'm more inclined to save a buck "legally" where I can. and by the way, skirting and c***ting are not the same thing.

Sounds like you are the one to best answer this question. Is B&H actually the issuer or are they going through a licensed commercial lender?

My first thought on reading of this new plan was that they were working with an established lender, and receiving points on the front end rather than actually servicing the debt and collecting the interest. The process of issuing retail credit today is not a simple one and is highly regulated. Most retailers, many much larger than B&H, choose to work with a commercial lender to actually issue their store cards. Can you tell from the card or paperwork whether that’s the case here?

Understand that I have no quibble with their plan - many retailers offer store credit at similar rates with no rebates at all. I’m just curious as to how they’re doing it.

Andy

I pay taxes every year. The big picture is my frustration at the way our taxes are used.We have
stripped the funds for public education and doubled down on more military toys. Not supported
the veterans that have bravely given service. Let the roads, infrastructure, bridges, water supply
first responders and fireman lacking support. Made students loan victims of lenders to try and get education.
Fought wars and military action not formally approved by congress which is the law.
And are stripping out healthcare from a large group of Americans.

Now before someone tells me this post does not belong here. Maybe we should not worry
about this and think about the t***h of taxes. Some do good most taxes are applied for the
betterment of a few people.

Actually, it's not a "new law", it's a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a South Dakota law, that requires stores not having a brick and mortar presence there, to collect use tax on out-of-state purchases, and remit those taxes to the state. As such, the ruling becomes the law of the land. Most states just didn't have any court precedence to go after the interstate sellers; now they do. For a state to go after a few retailers on their own may not be worth the legal effort. However, now that the courts have ruled in the several states' favor, they'll be able cast the widest net possible to sop up every bit of tax revenue possible. There are, of course, minimums that they'll chase. "Mom&Pop, Inc." may not be a target, since they may sell very little compared to Amazon, B&H, Best Buy, L.L. Bean, etc., but those larger retailers are prime for picking, now.

You've always owed the state sales tax on intrastate purchased, and use tax on interstate purchases. That you chose not to pay voluntarily is why the case got to the Supreme Court. Most states allowed their taxpayers to voluntarily pay what they owe. Care to guess how that worked?

There will be dozens of companies, probably more, which will make bundles off the software to help B&H, etc., comply with the court ruling.