The current policy is a subsidy from taxpayers to Amazon at the expense of small businesses. I suppose there is a planet somewhere in the universe where this makes sense, but it doesn't here on earth. The NYT is exactly right, Jeff Bezos is a big boy, he can pay sales taxes on his sales like every mom and pop store in the country.
--Dean Baker
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