White House: Internet Sales Tax ‘Will Level The Playing Field’

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119. Right, so they should stick to local business online unless they want to go to all that trouble too.

It makes no sense to want to be a MomNPop (Sniff! Struggling!!!) who wants to market in every state, and conversely, it makes no sense to say you wnat to market into every state without having to deal with state laws and taxes. If you want regulation of interstate commerce to smooth the way, you have to go to Congress, which just hates to do a damn thing in that regard.

But seriously, if you are big enough to hire the service or provide it yourself, go for it, but if not, then not.

That's why they are still MomNPops. I mean if they want to go head-to-head with Amazon, that is fine with me, but you won't draw much symathy from me that way. I think one Amazon is more than enough, handy though it can be. The Internet is not driven by market forces in the same way as out in the real world. The cost of finding alternatives is too low, that's why retailers love it and hate it, it's a winner-take-all environment for commerce. People rarely forage outside their local trails, so to speak, on the internet, and there is no way to force your message on them, like on TV or Radio. It's all voluntary.