LifeinAsia - 5:09 pm on Jan 12, 2011 (gmt 0)

The big corps are the only ones who stand to profit.

And yet they most likely won't. The affiliate companies will just fire their affiliates in the state and pretty much continue business as usual. They may lose a few sales, but I don't think it would be a significant amount. (If it were really significant, they would keep the affiliates and charge the sales tax.)