[BBB333]

35% tax.

Add in state and local sales tax.

Now add in state and local income tax.

For fun, let’s add in property tax, too (even renters pay it, just not directly).

Sounds awful.

[jdsteel]

"35% tax. Add in state and local sales tax. Now add in state and local income tax. For fun, let’s add in property tax, too (even renters pay it, just not directly). Sounds awful."

You forgot the VAT tax, where products are taxed many times along the production chain and then again at the point of purchase.