The business's selling on the Internet do not require police protection, fire protection etc from the different states they are selling to except if they have a location in the particular state.
The delivery trucks that deliver your goods do pay a road usage tax as well.as mileage tax and fuel tax. All these taxes are paid by different companies but the ultimate payee is the consumer.
If you want to pay sales tax on items bought out of state each state has a voluntary sales
tax form, just keep track of your purchases and make a voluntary payment.
If a brick and mortar can't compete I doubt 5 or6 percent will save them. It is just the way it is in retail. How is it fair that Lowes and Home Depot put so many small hardware stores out of business? Why was it fair that Ford put so many buggy mfg. out of business? It's change, the one constant in business.
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