“I would only collect sales tax from in state buyers”...Isn’t that what she is alluding to????
No, she wants businesses to collect sales taxes from all buyers from the 45 states with sales tax and then remit them to those 45 states.
This is an enormous burden on small businesses that operate websites.
There is also the moral hazard of mucking up jurisdictional rules. I don’t live in any of those 45 states, why should I become their tax collector? Why should I become subject to their tax laws (and penalties thereof) when I am not a citizen of their state?
The current legal situation based on physical presence is both moral and logical and it works. The proposed system has neither moral or legal logic to support the states jurisdictional claims against non resident businesses and will eventually lead to squabbling over how to slice the pie as states seek to advantage or shelter their businesses from other states while rifling the pockets of other states citizens.
It is a stupid idea from a moral and legal standpoint and the argument you put forward about destruction of local stores is BS. Any local business can start a website and sell to out of state customers, same as I have. If they are losing market share it’s because they have failed to adapt and compete.