If ever we need evidence of ideology run rampant, the House vote to eliminate the annual American Community Survey and the Economic Census to provide basic information on the state of businesses and industries in the country and data used for generating quarterly gross domestic product estimates is exhibit A.

In an attempt to protect poor, uninsured and underinsured Americans from unsafe drugs, we are making sure that some go without drugs completely. It is time the law was changed.

Crossborder sales, through the Internet or other channels, are commonly taxed on the basis of their destination, not the country or state of their origin. This structure is uniformly acknowledged as terribly complex, burdensome, and inefficient. Sales and purchase decisions are distorted by the tax advantage enjoyed by crossborder...

More public education would help stem the problem of fake pharmaceuticals--restricting Internet trade would not.

Thisbookdiscusses the flaws of destination-based taxation and makes the theoretical case for origin-based taxation.

This study examines the price, conditions of purchase, and basic quality of five popular drugs purchased over the Internet.

Key Points for Michael S. Greve's Sell Globally, Tax Locally.

There are many website pharmacies, including those from overseas, from which it is almost certainly safe to procure medicines, and U.S. consumers should be able to reduce their risk by relying on credentialing agencies recommended lists and by using common sense when examining packaging and pills.