[Chilldoubt]

if the tax was calculated in the normal fashion that people are accustomed to (purchase price + tax)
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everyone i know calculates their federal tax burden with an inclusive rate.... if you pay 25k in taxes and you earned 100K, i don't know anyone except you that would say that's a 33% rate. It's a 25% rate to everyone i know.

[Your Nightmare]

everyone i know calculates their federal tax burden with an inclusive rate.... if you pay 25k in taxes and you earned 100K, i don't know anyone except you that would say that's a 33% rate. It's a 25% rate to everyone i know.

Is that how everyone you know figures a sales tax?

And not all federal taxes are calculated with tax inclusive rates.