It's absurd but no longer funny, My. The state taxes everything, all exchanges and taxes the amounts received from an exchange with the tax. Raising the tax is on the table now.
BTW, last year we ran a huge surplus.
1,372 posted on 09/03/2005 5:15:41 PM PDT by BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)