On: US Senate approves proposed Internet Sales Tax

[potatolicious]

> "because they're vastly more likely to be unbanked"

This is not true in the US, where your debit/bank card is also a VISA/MasterCard fully usable online. Even people with zero credit can easily spend money online. If you have a bank account in the US, there are effectively no barriers to spending the money in it, online.

[ig1 → potatolicious]

If you're unbanked you don't have a bank account, hence no debit/credit card. Between 18-24% of the US population fall into that category.

[protomyth → ig1]

Walmart and K-Mart are "fixing" this with free payroll check cashing and rechargeable debit cards. One uses MasterCard and the other uses American Express.