You have got to love "position" papers! They serve a useful purpose if one gets both - or multiple - sides of the issue.
Is it fair that one can buy a shirt on the net without paying sales tax? Depends on the point of view. As a customer, I would love it. If I am a "brick and mortar" store, I would consider it unfair.
So who is right or wrong? Or is the real question: whose group - aka lobby - has made a bigger "campaign contribution" to which one of our "patriots"?
Well, before you pick up your pitch forks, get to know the issues around internet taxation. Here is a good starting point.