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You are. Problem means that there really is no way for the state to prove that you bought what you bought from an Online retailer without legislating that everyone has to keep every receipt for every purchase and then auditing everyone on what they bought. This has led to serious under reporting on the user tax.

The States are trying to gain access to the sales records from companies like Amazon so that they have those records and can generate that use tax for individuals and then compell payment. Amazon has been able to fight that off pretty easily. Until the US tax code is re-written, and quite possibly until the Constitution is amended, this is going to be a losing battle for the States.

Try convincing folks who are paying close to 50% of their salaries to take one more for the team. If you have paid attention to any of our elections you will know how well that works. People complain about taking away tax breaks that help only billionaires and companies, never mind the complaints that would come from enforcing the user tax.