Opinion

The following are responses to an HCN Daily item about Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan, built around a 9% business tax, a 9% individual tax and a 9% national sales tax. It would also eliminate the mortgage interest deduction.] 

Brick-and-mortar retailers pay taxes. Online retailers often don't. That scenario along with a recent story about the online taxation debate raging in California led to the following reader comments about the relative fairness of sales tax rules in our increasingly digital world. 

Most readers see no concerns with glyphosate on the shelves

The following letter is a response to "iLevel promotes an easy eco-labeling option with SFI." 

HBSDealer readers show concern over national debt and anti-business legislation.

What should we the people do with the Department of Housing and Urban Development?

Think wealthy folks are averse to using coupons? Think again.

HCN Thursday raised the question: Is it wise to rebuild damaged or destroyed beachfront houses, in the face of unrelenting natural forces that are likely to reshape the coastline in coming years or decades?

HCN readers offered the following responses: