Tax plan targets Web sales

The Detriot News has this story:

Starting Oct. 1, Michigan and 17 other states are joining in their most determined effort yet to persuade online and mail-order retailers to collect state and local sales taxes. The Streamlined Sales Tax Project provides computer software and other items to make it easier for out-of-state retailers to calculate and collect the tax.

States could cut their budgets instead of promoting this nonsense.States could get rid of a retail sales tax.