[Principled]

The idea of every convenience store owner being a tax collector is anathema to the American experience;

JohnGalt, this is what we have now!!!

The wool is over your eyes.

[JohnGalt]

Then I shall clarify, federal tax collector.

The remedy for what you allude to here in Massachusetts is to hop over the border in tax-free New Hampshire. Tyranny of location is still subverted where as at the federal level, there would be no escape.