[glimcat]

In the battle of Amazon vs. Walmart, I have to vote Bezos.

Also, healthy interstate commerce is rather important to the continued success of the Union. WTF, Walmart? If this goes ad absurdum and any jurisdiction can tax any transaction which has an endpoint on their turf, interstate commerce would potentially require tracking compliance with thousands of jurisdictions. "Insane" doesn't begin to cover it.

If I assume that Walmart's strategists are rational, the real intent is probably something like "make Amazon waste money" or "make Amazon get negative PR" or "make Amazon be distracted while we update our business strategies." Probably all of the above, but it's still insane.

[pawn]

I think the intent is closer to "we would remove taxes if it were possible but because we can't, we want you to pay so that we can compete on price." As a consumer, if I see Walmart selling something for $3 cheaper but with $4 taxes making it higher, I'll go with Amazon as its cheaper overall. It sucks for Walmart because they were willing to mark their item down further than Amazon and still lost the sale. Then there are some items you know that everyone has to charge one price for. It will always be higher at Walmart