Is this just Geithner? lol ... His staff are following his lead ...
I am going to make a huge number of people mad across the country.
I am not sure how many of you all realize this, but almost all the states in the US, except Illinois and a few others, charge you sales tax on your shipping and handling fees when you buy from catalogs and internet, assuming that company has physical plant in every state.
So whatever your sales tax rate is, for me is 6%, you get that charged in addition to the purchase price of your item.