> No state government can take on Walmart or Amazon
Why not? You can’t ban a specific company from operating but if you want them to act or stop acting in a certain way pass a law. If Australia can make Amazon pay Goods and Services Tax so can any of the states. Oh wait, they did that already.
If they want to target a specific company for actions or inactions that are not generally illegal they can amend the constitution to make bills of attainder legal.
Because the value of a large company, rich in either jobs or donatable cash or both, is too significant to most states to risk losing, and going up against them does risk that loss.
By contrast, large US-founded companies are extremely unlikely to quit operating in the USA if the federal government takes actions they do not like.
Why not? You can’t ban a specific company from operating but if you want them to act or stop acting in a certain way pass a law. If Australia can make Amazon pay Goods and Services Tax so can any of the states. Oh wait, they did that already.
If they want to target a specific company for actions or inactions that are not generally illegal they can amend the constitution to make bills of attainder legal.