In Virginia, GOP Gov. Bob McDonnell recently won approval for overhauling his state's highway maintenance system by raising diesel and retailsalestaxes and creating a mechanism for a potential future gasoline tax hike.
Retailsales and taxes on them will be sluggish as consumers persist for the next decade in their saving spree, replacing the borrowing and spending binge of the last decade.
They concluded that the retail price would have been dependent upon the taxes(sales and excise), the structure of the regulatory scheme, and how taxes and regulations would be enforced.
Like most online retailers, Amazon has long said it would collect state and local salestaxes only on purchases from residents of states where Amazon has physical retail operations.