[CondorFlight]

Nobody is going to pay shipping/handling charges AND sales tax on top of that.

If everyone charges sales tax, then Internet shopping is dead.

(Besides which, taxing Internet sales between states is a tax on interstate commerce, which is forbidden by the Constitution.)

But it’s so lucrative that I don’t think the idiot legislatures will be able to keep their hands off it; which will kill the golden goose before it lays any more eggs.

[padre35]

Exactly, and it doesn’t matter a whit to the politicos that jobs growth and opportunity is crushed under that burden, they could care less.

NYC will cease to be if this really does stick, hey, I know, how about a tax on credit car transactions that the major NYC banks handle?

Why not, the principle is the same, if a internet purchase can be taxed, why not the money that moves through those institutions?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Overstock, for its part, is opting to cut off its 3,400 affiliates in New York, telling the Times that it couldn't afford to deal with collecting sales taxes in the state, although it, like Amazon, believes the new policy is unconstitutional.

I live in PA, and I'm sure Rendell will want to try the same thing as NY. He's already trying to turn Rte. 80 into a toll road...