>I don't mean to sound inflammatory just focusing solely on the negative impact to mum and dad shops that Amazon can cause. But why are you just focusing on th

>I don't mean to sound inflammatory just focusing solely on the negative impact to mum and dad shops that Amazon can cause. But why are you just focusing on the negative effects? If I can buy something cheaper on Amazon, it leaves me more money to spend on something else, creating jobs. The problem with this kind of thinking, pace Bastiat, is there are things you see and there are things you don't see. If you make policy based only on the things you see the effects of your policies won't be what you intended.