>Does anyone really believe that if only the rules weren't "rigged" local shops and businesses would be able to compete against Wal-Mart and Amazon? To look at

>Does anyone really believe that if only the rules weren't "rigged" local shops and businesses would be able to compete against Wal-Mart and Amazon? To look at just one example, how long did it take to force Amazon to collect the kind of sales tax that mom and pop shops had to collect from the start?