[Clinging Bitterly]

> "We don't have sales tax either..."

Well yeah, I actually thought about qualifying that as referring to a general sales tax, but figgered everybody would know what I mean. Fact is, we do have sales tax on many sorts of goods, plus our corporate income taxes and other business taxes and fees add up to plenty and we all know that consumers, not corporations, pay every penny of them in the end. That's pretty much third grade economics, so I omitted the assumed word "general" in my post.

Now see what you went and did? Done got me started. (g)

Dave in Eugene

[Orange1998]

Didn't mean to be picky, . Actually most drivers have no idea what they pay in gasoline sales tax. If the gasoline tax and (not forget the telephone tax) was idiemized on reciept I think consumers would protest.