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What are they going to blame millennials on next? We just go and kill everything! I live in a sales tax free state (New Hampshire) and I happen to be right on
by throwaway2016a 7y ago
What are they going to blame millennials on next? We just go and kill everything!
I live in a sales tax free state (New Hampshire) and I happen to be right on the border with Massachusetts which has a sales tax. I can tell you on any given weekend the mall is PACKED with millennials! Not even just on holiday season.
Now that I have a kid I find myself going every weekend since my 3 year old loves the indoor playground area and walking around all the stores.
Anecdotally, I suspect people dislike of malls will change quickly once online stores are forced to start collecting sales tax in non-nexus locations. I don't agree with it (it's cross border commerce and states shouldn't be able to force businesses to remit tax to them if I don't live there) but it's coming.
Also, truth be told the millennial group is far too large. I am an old millennial and I share very little in common with the younger millennials.
Edit: also, I agree with some of the other commenters. Maybe it is different now but I couldn't get a credit card until I turned 18 and even then I had to have my parent co-sign. Though debit cards are easier to get, I think.
Edit 2: Fixed an ambiguous sentence where I was accidentally switching from a consumer voice to a business voice.
- dominotw 7y agoI am in IL. I had to pay taxes on online purchases during tax filing.
- throwaway2016a 7y agoAs you should but it is a bit of an honor system and a lot of people don't even know you are supposed to do it. I see tons of Massachusetts plates at the mall and I guarantee you most of them won't be writing a check to the MA Department of Revenue. The process of having the seller withhold the tax is much more effective in getting people to actually pay and that is the system a lot of states that rely on sales tax are pushing for.