Over the years, I've heard repeatedly from small business owners who sell in the eBay marketplace and other online channels that expanding Internet sales taxes to all transactions would hurt their ability to grow or create jobs and to fuel the price and service competition that creates value for consumers.

WSJ: John Donahoe: The Mom & Pop Internet Sales Tax

Ultimately, the industry itself loses out because it creates an arena where a lower perceived value for the service itself cuts across all the vendors.

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