I made slightly more than 42 quadrillion dollars* in less than a nanosecond. Doing nothing at all. Suddenly all those 'overnight millionaires' look like punks. Wait, they are punks.
*Zimbabwe dollars (approximate value in U.S. dollars: 0.00001
That's what I was gonna say. Where's the data? The article is just an opinion. It seems the author thinks the 'mad-lib' style is cool and wants to believe everyone else does too.
Sales taxes are paid by the customer, not the merchant. The merchants are required to collect and report the taxes, their customers are the ones who pay.
Sales taxes are paid by the customer, not the merchant. I'm sure your state requires you to pay the tax on that laptop. It is you that are depriving your state of income, not the out-of-state merchant.