Buzz knew it couldn't last forever. States have started pushing for streamlined online sales taxes. Apparently 18 states are implementing a program that makes collecting the taxes easy, so retailers can't object that collecting the taxes is too onerous. See? Government does work.
Shop fast, taxes coming to the Internet
Shop fast, taxes coming to the Internet
Molly Wood
Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.