[Revolting cat!]

I want the local brick and mortars to compete with Amazon on price, and I’ll pay them the local sales tax. But they won’t, so I go to Amazon. For years before Al invented Internet I shopped by phone buying photo and stereo-video equipment from out of state, most often from New York, where the sellers had actual street stores (and some still do) and yet were charging much lower prices than the local businesses, and no sales taxes, with shipping costs often enough free.

[Balding_Eagle]

I want the local brick and mortars to compete with Amazon on price,

How are they supposed to pay for the brick and mortar, staff, local property taxes, something amazon doesn't have to include in it's price?