Takeaway: you will already be paying sales tax on your Amazon purchases in the future, and Amazon want to force other retailers to do the same in order to keep the playing field level.
I'm not so sure this is a playing field leveling as much as it is someone who grew massively from eating a certain fruit scorching the field the fruit grows on after he's grown into a giant.
(I say this as a fan of Amazon -- I use them all the time and will continue to do so, but this is a purely shrewd corporate move and shouldn't be confused with making things fair).
(I say this as a fan of Amazon -- I use them all the time and will continue to do so, but this is a purely shrewd corporate move and shouldn't be confused with making things fair).