Amazon has cut loose its affiliates in North Carolina rather than get hit with a new sales tax on items purchased on the Web. Domain Name Wire says it's a lose-lose-lose scenario:

Amazon gets less sales, affiliates lose income, and North Carolina doesn’t get the tax revenue it hoped for.

I hope my own state doesn't go down this path. I hope the current distress causes governments at every level to realize that taxing something can crush it out of existence.