America’s two political parties agree on little to nothing. If Democrats tried to pass a Congressional resolution noting that the sky is in fact blue, Republicans would filibusterer, saying that it’s actually the color of God. Fortunately, there is one thing both parties do agree on.Taxing Amazon. In Washington D.C. today lawmakers are discussing the Marketplace Fairness Act, a law that would allow states to collect sales tax on e-commerce sales from the likes of Amazon and other retail sites. And unlike any other bill that so much as mentions the word “tax”, the MFA has bipartisan support. Indeed, two Republicans–Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)–and one Democrat–Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)–introduced the bill, and lawmakers from both parties have been jumping on board ever since. The reason for the support is simple economics. The MFA would benefit every city from the largest metropolitan area to the smallest podunk town, both of which are facing huge budget shortfalls all across the country. A University of Tennessee study shows that sales tax revenues from online retailers could bring in $11.4 billion to the cash-starved local governments.Of course, people are technically already required to pay sales tax on online goods when they file their taxes, but almost no one actually does that. Amazon, as it turns out, has started given lukewarm support for the bill, which is quite a change from its former tactic of fighting and suing anyone who tried to tax the company.E-Bay, on the other hand, is still fighting vehemently against the bill.But besides E-Bay, there are fewer and fewer roadblocks to the bill’s passage, which in its own right is nothing short of shocking.