[OrangeHoof]

So Amazon won’t do business in Illinois or Texas over taxing. At this rate, they’ll be down to a handful of states by 2015.

[Lazamataz]

So Amazon won’t do business in Illinois or Texas over taxing. At this rate, they’ll be down to a handful of states by 2015.

I suspect Texas, being a mostly conservative state, will drop the tax. Other liberal states will institute this tax.

Amazon will deal with the smarter states.

[CA Conservative]

So Amazon won’t do business in Illinois or Texas over taxing. At this rate, they’ll be down to a handful of states by 2015.

Not exactly. Amazon will still do business in Illinois, Texas, Colorado, and other states that do this. They will just sever ties to any affiliates in those states. What this will ultimately do is lower the taxes paid to those states, as their in-state businesses lose income and jobs...