Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

Its hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan