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Online Tax - Or Not?

You like paying taxes, right? Okay, maybe not so much. 

But when you avoid sales tax while buying merchandise online, how is that affecting brick and mortar stores where customers DO have to pay sales tax?

And what are state and local governments doing to make up for the lost revenue?

Guests:
W. Neal Menefee
- President and CEO of the Harrisonburg, Virginia based insurance business The Rockingham Group.

Robert North Roberts, J.D., Ph.D. - Government Policy Specialist.  Author of numerous books on American politics and policy.  Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, James Madison University.

Frank M. Tamberrino - President and CEO of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.