"And, guess what, Amazon benefits from the police and fire service too, because no one would order from Amazon if they thought that people could hijack the UPS trucks delivering their stuff and steal it with impunity before it got to their doorstep."
That burden is not on Amazon, it is on UPS which pays taxes anywhere it physically operates. What you're suggesting would be a double tax for use of the same services - paid once by Amazon's customers and again by UPS. It has nothing to do with Amazon.
No one would order from ANYWHERE, ship anything to friends and loved ones, or use UPS for anything else if they thought that people could hijack the UPS trucks delivering their stuff and steal it with impunity before it got to their doorstep.
That burden is not on Amazon, it is on UPS which pays taxes anywhere it physically operates. What you're suggesting would be a double tax for use of the same services - paid once by Amazon's customers and again by UPS. It has nothing to do with Amazon.
No one would order from ANYWHERE, ship anything to friends and loved ones, or use UPS for anything else if they thought that people could hijack the UPS trucks delivering their stuff and steal it with impunity before it got to their doorstep.