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7/10/2002

Avoid the Sales Tax!
The sales tax increase exempts many food items - but not your daily multi-vitamin or dietary supplements. So, while your groceries remain subject to the lower 6% sales tax, under the Cooper plan vitamins and dietary supplements will be taxed at 7%.

OR YOU CAN AVOID THE SALES TAX ALTOGETHER by purchasing your dietary supplements at this online store.

Purchases made at this online store are exempt from the Tennessee sales tax because the seller does not have a physical presence in Tennessee - and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can not impose their sales taxes on out-of-state merchants that don't have a physical presence in the state. That's because of the Commerce Clause in the federal constitution.

On a one-month supply of daily multi-vitamin/multi-mineral supplement, you'll save nearly $2 in state and local sales taxes - on a product comparable in quality and price to high-quality supplements sold at health food stores. An added bonus: a portion of your purchase price at this online store will go to fund the ongoing operation of this website.