Don't you think the same argument was made about the advent of mail-order shopping? The internet is today's Sears-Roebuck catalog.
Get your figures straight. When I buy on-line, I pay more in shipping charges than I would pay sales tax on MOST items under $200 (which are majority of items sold on-line) if I walked into a brick & mortar store locally.
I like on-line for the convenience. It saves me time, and I do not have to fight crazed shoppers looking for bargains.
You are completely wrong. I own a main street business in a rural farm town. I also sell the exact same products nationally and internationally via a website.
Many of my local buyers buy from me online and zip by on their lunch break or on their way home from work to pick up their order. Or they are using a mobile shopping app and use their smartphone to find my shop.
Main street businesses that do not have a website or sell online are simply failing to adapt to the market.
“She is absolutely right, tax free on line sales are “killing” main street business in the USA. It is an unfair situation. The only people gaining are UPS and FedX. “
I disagree! The consumer is benefitting, because it isn’t the lack of a sales tax that’s the greatest appeal ( although the idea of keeping even a little bit of my money out of the hands of the morons in state government is appealing), it’s the convenience and the broad spectrum of selection. Here in CA they’ve started trying to collect “use tax” from residents on their state income tax returns. You can either claim what you’ve actually paid, or have them “figure” it on your AGI. I decided to let the tax program “ figure” my liability and it turned out to be a pittance.
so just cut the taxes period...
>She is absolutely right, tax free on line sales are “killing” main street business in the USA. It is an unfair situation. The only people gaining are UPS and FedX.
And the customers that don’t have to pay the tax are not gaining?
Why would any sane person even consider giving government more money to waste on the lazy and welfare crowd?
Fine. An excellent lesson in free market economics for the idiots who keep electing these idiots.