Oh, man. That sucks, Pauline.

Re: this new tax idea... I'd also be interested to know how they propose to define the term "retail" for the purpose of this plan. Would business lunches, travel expenses for business purposes, and things like that be considered retail?

It sounds like the larger businesses will fare much better under this plan than small, home-based businesses that buy in smaller quantities. A lot of home based businesses buy their equipment and supplies retail from places like Office Max.