A look at taxing the internet, plans for the health care overhaul, and the impact of serial relocation on workers and communities.
Internet sales tax a web of trouble
It's estimated that California loses more than $1 billion each year from uncollected taxes on internet sales. Currently, many websites exploit their position as out-of-state sellers by leaving it to the customer to calculate the sales tax themselves and send it to the state. Since many consumers are unaware of such rules, the result is lost revenue for California. Should states be able to tax internet sellers? Larry Mantle and a guest examine the issue with listeners.
Lenny Goldberg, Executive Director, California Tax Reform Association
Should end-of-life care be rationed?
As the discussion around health care reform heats up, there is more to the conversation than how to insure the uninsured. With average life expectancy rising, more dialogue is centering around health care during the last years of life. From funding for scientific research to hospice care and Medicare - does Obama's health care plan ration care for those in the final years of life? Add your thoughts here.
Daniel Callahan, co-founder of the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan research institution dedicated to bioethics and public policy
Charlotte Allen, author of “The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus,” contributing editor to the Minding the Campus website of the Manhattan Institute
Next stop, Reloville
While moving for a job is nothing new, the competitive global economy is creating a greater number of Relos, workers and their families who relocate frequently for work. Typically well-paid, Relos take homes in suburban communities and usually stay no longer than three to four years before moving on to another placement. In his book "Next Stop, Reloville", reporter Peter T. Kilborn examines this class of people who lack ties to any place. He joins Larry Mantle to discuss the Relos phenomenon and how it is affecting families and communities across the country.
Peter T. Kilborn, author of "Next Stop, Reloville: Life Inside America's New Rootless Professional Class" (Times Books, 2009).