[Elsie]

I can go down to Lowes and buy up a whole lot of building materials, pay the sales taxes and then place them in a pile on my lot and never have to pay taxes on them again.

But; if I supply my labor to rearrange these very same materials into a certain pattern; I'll re-pay taxes on them yearly until I croak.

[Elsie]

Don’t you renters be so smug; thinking that YOU are avoiding property taxes.

Your landlord figures his cost into your rent; taxes and all.

ALLbusinesses pay NO taxes; as they are rolled into what the final customer pays.

Ain’t it grand?

Did the price of widgets go up that are used in what you bought? Yep; you just paid for them.

Did the cost of labor go up due to a strike? Yep; you pay for that; too.

Did the gummint just raise ‘taxes’ on the company because of Green Laws? Yep; you just...

[Elsie]