tangor - 6:38 am on Jun 30, 2011 (gmt 0)

estimated $317 million a year in new state and local government revenue

These tax estimates always amuse me... in this case %tax of 0 sales will equal... duh: $0revenue.

The ONLY taxes that work are property (including cars), entertainment (stadiums, theaters), and sin taxes as these are things most people will NOT give up and can be accurately levied. Kill an Amazon affiliate and ALL RELATED revenue disappears which, in California, is the State Income Tax the now non-affiliated affiliate no longer HAS to report.