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Old 05-24-2021, 02:37 PM
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I don't know that it was so much intended to encourage in-state purchasing as it was to de-incentivize out-of-state purchasing.

I will buy the least expensive and most convenient version of the same product. Saving 7% by purchasing out-of-state is certainly an incentive; this change intends to remove that incentive. Shopping from my couch and having the item delivered to my door is terribly convenient. I'll purchase in-state if I can get that convenience, but usually I cannot.

If reduced costs in the form of reduced business taxes do not help to reduce prices then maybe there really is a problem with our system.
"I don't know that it was so much intended to encourage in-state purchasing as it was to de-incentivize out-of-state purchasing."

If that's the case, then they failed. If I have to pay tax either way, I'd rather sit at my computer and order on-line.
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