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You are absolutely right, except, when you buy something in Canada, the Canadians don’t collect US taxes, so why should the Native American’s collect NYS tax?
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Quite simple, becase we don’t have customs stations around the Seneca’s “sovereign nation”. NY gave them the option of charging the tax on non-natives and they refused. Putting up custom stations on all roads leading into the rez isn’t a pratical option, and it would just cause more protests, so NY is going to tax at the wholesale level.
PS… I’m completely in favor of ripping up 95% of the roads going into and out of the rez, and putting true border crossings on the remaining 5%. If they want to keep playing the sovereign nation card, we should fully comply. Stop every car coming off the rez and inspect it for goods purchased outside the US, and collect the duty there.