Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri is cosponsoring a bill to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. Blunt says the Marketplace Fairness Act is all about being fair.

He says it’s not fair for local brick and mortar businesses to have to collect sales taxes while competing Internet businesses don’t. Blunt says it puts local businesses at a competitive disadvantage to make them charge six to eight percent more for their products. Blunt says a bill similar to his has been introduced in the House by Congressman Steve Womack of Arkansas.