“Small bricks and mortar stores critical to any community are getting killed by Amazon et al.”
Hard to buy that argument when Amazon and Walmart are the biggest backers of this bill. Seems to me, the small online retailer is the one that is hurt the most by this. The brick and mortars already have the advantage of being local where you can buy same day, easy returns, etc. The small online retailer needs something to attract buyers to purchase from them, or they go out of business.
You can make an argument for federalism, but I still see this as another example of GOP priorities out of whack. At any given town hall across the country, I doubt you’ll see a clamoring for the Marketplace Fairness Act. The Walmarts and Amazons are the ones the pushing for this and they are the ones the lawmakers are listening to.
The brick and mortar store has the disadvantage of the requirement to collect the tax. In California, that can be nearly 9%.
You can make an argument for federalism, but I still see this as another example of GOP priorities out of whack.
So you admit you are seeing things?
The Walmarts and Amazons are the ones the pushing for this and they are the ones the lawmakers are listening to.
Citations please.