I'm not making any judgment about whether Amazon is "skating on their responsibility." I'm just trying to explain to people who are misunderstanding that states

I'm not making any judgment about whether Amazon is "skating on their responsibility." I'm just trying to explain to people who are misunderstanding that states CAN CHARGE SALES TAX. This case has nothing to do with whether the state can charge a retailer a sales tax. They can. There is no doubt about that. The issue here is that the law, as written, was unconstitutional. Further, those who are claiming that brick and mortars consume a state's services but online retailers do not are wrong. This notion that retailers pay shippers who pay taxes makes zero sense.