I think this is a fine point, but the issue here is separate from whether you agree with the underlying idea of corporate taxes. They exist, and Amazon is explo

I think this is a fine point, but the issue here is separate from whether you agree with the underlying idea of corporate taxes. They exist, and Amazon is exploiting the rules to circumvent the intention of the laws authors. There are many more honest companies out there that pay BOTH corporate taxes and personal income taxes as the system intends, and having the star corporations of the USA undermining the law like this makes it hard to justify everyone else playing their part.