The rich buy a lot more Mercedes per person than the poor, and I dare say the tax they pay on that is a bit more than the tax than either they or the poor pay on toilet paper. Are you worried about the poor being overly taxed, or are you just one of those people who can't stand to see a rich person do anything without the government kneecapping them? Rest assured, the rich will be properly milked.
FYI, food at grocery stores is not normally taxed at all. Nothing purchased with food stamps is taxed. Food at restaurants is. I don't know about toilet paper and cleaning products, but there are not that many families that are in such a deep hole that they can't afford a bottle of Clorox spray, about two for the price of a pack of cigarettes. I would say if anything clothes would be a bigger issue.
And hey, it's not like the other taxes don't take money out of the budget. Even the poor pay payroll taxes.
Of course, the possibility of reducing the size of government so we can ALL be a bit better off doesn't really come into the picture, unfortunately.
Thanks for the unintentional humor from the Great Bear State. Can those guys write comedy or what?
I ain't laughing. Multiply that mindset by two or three orders of magnitude and you can see why California is in a hole. I don't even want to imagine what it costs businesses to obey these regulations. And the cost, above and beyond the tax itself, comes out of everyone's hide.
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- Librarians can rest a little easier...
- Goldberg on this subject
- Fair and balanced reporting... (not from
- Such unreasonable behavior by those wicked fascists. (n/t)
- Damocles got a lot of rest while that sword was suspended over his head, too.
- Then I guess we could repeal that section, right?