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Amazon/Overstock Gamble May Pay Off

as the owner of a brick and mortar bookstore, i think all this outcry about the new york state ruling is a little ridiculous. if you want to argue that there should be no sales tax at all because it's regressive than i'm on board with that. but the current set up is especially regressive because only those people with credit cards and online access are able to buy tax free. also the state is basically subsidizing out of state businesses at the expense of local businesses that contribute to the community in many ways. not to mention the lost revenue for schools and roads etc. that has to be made up for somewhere, like more expensive parking tickets. if there was just a flat national sales tax or no sales tax at all, the affiliates wouldn't have to loose their businesses, as it is they're sort of caught in the middle which sucks.