Santa Shopped Online This Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday January 1, 2006 @08:44AM from the digital-elves dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is reporting on another blockbuster year for online shopping. Online shopping was up almost 30 percent over last year." From the article: " Clothing was the top seller in terms of dollar amount, at $5.3 billion total, up 42 percent from last year's revenue, the report said. Computer hardware and peripherals showed the most growth, 126 percent, at $4.8 billion. Consumer electronics was the second fastest growing category, garnering $4.8 billion, up 109 percent. People spent $3 billion on books online, up 66 percent, and $2.3 billion on products in the toys/video games category of hardware and software, a drop of 9 percent from last year, the study found. "

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Re:From a retail store owner by ClamIAm · 2006-01-01 10:24 · Score: 1, Flamebait

It was a great 5 years, I did very well financially, and in the end, the state decided they didn't want me around -- otherwise they'd have ended the vile sales tax that is quickly ruining retail.
Riiight. It was the damn State! They forced you out of business!
OK, seriously. Look at this statement, and notice the inherent contradictions. You claim that the state forced you out of business, yet you state you had a great run and did very well financially. This doesn't make any sense.
And a note about sales tax. How did customers get to your store? My guess is that they travelled on roads. How were these roads constructed? By taxes.
Of course, the obvious reply to this would be "but if we had a more 'libertarian' state, none of these problems would have happened". But wait, such a state has never existed! So this particular argument is not really valid, it's just speculation.