But suppose the Government places a 50% protective shipping tax on all Amazon's products just before you purchase the product. Walmart items are exempt from the shipping tax. The new price at Amazon is $70 * 1.5 = $105.
Therefore, Amazon's item is now more expensive than Walmart's; and you are out 20 bucks on an item that "you must have" due to the protective tax placed against Amazon products. To make it worse, just before you buy, Walmart decides to increase its price to $100, to take advantage of the situation. So, now you are out $30.
Very well explained, except for the part where most of the tax money gets spent on your competitors to build infrastructure that disproportionately benefits your competitors, and which *YOU* are indirectly paying for.
LOL! I was wondering where you were skulking at. Took your time showing up. I see that Mr. Olive's ideas are as odd as your's are.