>>Like, it's not unusual for the state to make more in sales tax from an order than we're taking in margin >Is that supposed to be notable or surprising? Well

>>Like, it's not unusual for the state to make more in sales tax from an order than we're taking in margin >Is that supposed to be notable or surprising? Well, specifically, I was responding to the absurd claim that someone "resells to the government for double the price". But more generally, yes, I think it's pretty surprising that the government should get a greater cut of the sale than we, the sellers, do. Is there some way that the state and local government is creating more value, or contributing more to the transaction, than we are?