Nailed it. They just pass the tax on. A simple concept that even a moron could understand. But somehow it is sold as being the morally responsible thing to do. Our government is robbing us blind.
Unfortunately, our liberal infested school system is designed to teach this nonsense to children from the earliest age, thereby insuring they will continue to vote for the biggest tax and spend losers of either party.
They will at least until we are totally broke and the second American Civil War begins. That event will be the ultimate economics lesson.