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Thoughts on the Amazon part:

1) Amazon has 55% North American net sales and 45% international. Amazon pays taxes on all of the international sales, and the Canadian portion of the North American sales.

2) Amazon collects taxes in 5 U.S. states today: KS, KY, ND, NY and WA. That's about 11% of the population. Another 3% of the population lives in states with no sales tax anyways.

3) Amazon currently charges 40% below list price on the bestselling media. Would charging 35% below list chase people away?




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