On: Amazon will end affiliate program in California if...

[jbooth]

So you're saying that the tax system favors shipping things across states by design? It's not just an accident that fell out of the tax code?

Can you explain the benefits? Why would we want to tax local goods and not goods that are shipped across state boundaries?

[phirephly → jbooth]

Because the state is not allowed to. The items are still being entirely taxed, people are just dishonest when they file their taxes.