[robroys woman]

Not at all. It means every business that sells to me in my town pays and collects the tax equally.

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I believe that is how it already works. But if you contact someone from another state and send them money and they send you a product for that money, they have no relationship with your state’s government. You, however, do. That is why the state asks you to pay sales tax on items you purchased off the internet that did not charge you sales tax. :)

[shelterguy]

I believe that is how it already works. But if you contact someone from another state and send them money and they send you a product for that money, they have no relationship with your state’s government
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They DO have a relationship with my local government.
The package does not arrive by magic. It is, in many cases, delivered by the post office, delivery services etc all of whom have a direct relationship with the local government.

My city pays a ton of money so they can have three giant dumpsters available so everyone can fill them will all the cardboard boxes their stuff came in.