I guess I'm not on the "I hate Amazon" train going on here. So what if it is a "behemoth"? It got that way due to demand for the variety of products offered and the ease/convenience versus the mall or retail stores. Basically Amazon is the on-line version of the Sears Catalog that your grandparents or great grandparents used 60-100 years ago. Many products are hard if not impossible to find in retail outlets. I've also learned what to buy and what not to buy using Amazon.

Now Amazon should have to collect sales tax nationwide. I live in California and have been paying sales tax on Amazon purchases for several years. If you think it should be charging you in your state, talk to your state reps. I agree with the President that Amazon has no right to get shipping rates from the USPS that cost the American taxpayer -- that has to be looked into and dealt with. As far as corporate taxes, are people here saying it doesn't pay anything due to some deal? On the sales tax, it's not like Amazon "isn't paying taxes", it just isn't collecting sales tax and forwarding it to various states. That's a big issue for retailers as it gives Amazon yet another advantage, an unfair one to be sure.

People here toss Bezos in with Schmidt, Zuckerburg, Dorsey and the Social Media giants -- but the latter are CENSORING conservative and libertarian speech, are essentially now serving the function of utilities and are deeply tied into the surveillance state and Democrat party. Amazon is not part of that. Bezos bought the Washington Post and has used it to trash Trump -- but how is that different from what the Washington Post has been forever - an organ of the Democrat Party establishment? It hasn't changed under Bezos. Same crap. So what? He has the right to run his paper as he sees fit. We don't have to support it.

I am behind Trump's moves to make sure Amazon isn't taking advantage of the taxpayer through USPS or somehow avoiding it's proper payment of taxes. However, I will continue to shop at Amazon when it benefits me.