<"Yes, employee insurance programs, medicare and all the entitlements and welfare programs have raised the cost of medicine, drugs and a simple doctor visit through the proverbial stratosphere. With all this waste taken away doctors visits would be fifty dollars, a tablet of penicillin, 25 cents."

So True.

The cost of goods and services in this country are also inflated by taxes paid by the producers.

Income taxes, B&0 taxes, License fees, Permit fees and other fees, Paid buy businesses, are passed on to the consumers in the price of the end products.

In a larger corporations like GM, Their Products contain "Tax added" components from vendors outside of the corporation.

Most employees in a position to negotiate a wage or salary will strive to obtain an income level at which the after-tax income is acceptable to them.

Labor costs include the taxes incurred by the employee which are then added to the cost of the product.

You pay a National sales tax every single time you make a purchase from gum to a new house. I wonder what the rate is for this somewhat overlooked tax multiplier.