Archive for Richard W. Ault
The Internet and the Death of the Sales Tax
Richard Ault is an associate professor of economics at Auburn University. David Laband is a professor in Auburn’s Forest Policy Center, School of Forestry. The editors of our hometown daily newspaper, the Opelika-Auburn News, recently came out in favor of taxing Internet commerce. While noting, incorrectly, that sales taxes constitute the “largest source of revenues [...]
1May2000 | Richard W. Ault | 3 comments | Continued-
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For Equality; Against Privilege
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