You missed the entire point.
I don't think I've missed your point. I've understood everything you've said thus far. I don't disagree because I can't comprehend the words that you're writing. To imply such would be, quite frankly, very rude.
If you displace local jobs, then not only is the tax from that company gone but the jobs are also.
The jobs have moved from that company to some other company. Clearly we can agree on this simple point.
As for the taxes from that company, we obviously need to fix the tax laws. We've been content to buy online and not pay taxes, even openly admitting that we buy online to avoid them at times. That's just the sales tax portion.
If we're talking the rest of the tax revenue from the company that's gone, they've moved to wherever the other company is. There's no way around this one, unless you're in favor of a wholly Federally subsidized system of local governments.
Now. Is it really gone? Probably not. If I saved $50 by shopping for, say, PB2 online, am I necessarily going to go spend that $50 online? I may very well decide to take a road trip, or buy 20 sacks of potatoes, or hire a local hooker.
You have people without the income to spend and your job is soon to follow.
This argument has been had since the dawn of time. The automobile took away trainmakers' income. The train took away the carriagemakers' income. The carriage took away the saddlemakers' income. The saddle took away (some of) the shoemakers' income. On and on. You'd think we'd all be unemployed by now. But yanno what, our neighbors still have jobs - much more technical ones at that.
As humans, we like to think of the future as doom and gloom because it's different than the past, but really it's just different from what we've accustomed ourselves to. And that scares the hell out of us. We're not creatures that deal well with anything less than absolute certainly (and often times, if we can achieve it, we find it boring).
If you want to be concerned about the concentration of wealth and the movement of funds from rural to urban areas, as seems to be your main concern, then you have to oppose
corporations, not online shopping.
If you understand economics, by spending a dollar local you are actually getting a return that doesn't exist when you send your money away.
Show me a recent source for this. One written in, say, the last 3 years, by a reputable source.
As for incentive for online retailers to move here or any other particular area, there isn't infrastructure for online companies to ship and I do not care to live near freeways, rail ways or major airports.
You can't have your pie and eat it too. I choose to live in a small town outside suburbia, but with the understanding that my savings on my mortgage will be eaten up by other expenses primarily relating to petroleum.
It's the same thing as when people want to save a buck and buy a product made in China instead of American made.
If you cause your neighbors to be unemployed to save a couple bucks, then you will certainly follow when the people around you can't afford to spend money on whatever pays your check.
Again, it causes me to have a buck leftover to spend however I want, including locally if I so choose. So, sure, I'll buy Chinese screws over American screws if they're less expensive.
If a Chinese factory makes the same product for a cheaper price, why should I pay more? Do you neighbors really want jobs working in a screw factory under deplorable conditions and disgusting work hours for pennies per hour? I've never seen a Chinese factory job that I would personally want to do (other than assembling iPhones), even for $10/hour.