(though higher taxes could hurt his sales volume, so he should be concerned even though he doesn't pay the tax)
In our area we were the lowest Sales tax of any surrounding counties save for one and they have virtual no retail outlets so it was not going to affect us much at all.
Also had an interesting conversation with a local liberal who was purchasing carpet from our store. We had sealed the deal and were working out the schedule when we swerved onto the fact that one of our employees made a little above minimum wage (he is a great guy with a slight mental handicap very good worker just can't do much beyond menial labor).
Immediately the liberal was taking us to task and spouting off about how the minimum wage should be 3 dollars higher. I told him I whole heartedly agreed and took his receipt out of his hand and re-figured his labor with a 3 dollar raise for all the guys working on the project and handed it back to him with the updated price.
Heheh I so thouroughly enjoyed his squirming and hym-hawing especially since it was in front of my employees who just at it all up.
He finally mumbled that I shouldn't raise my prices and I told him I didn't, he did!