Whenever this sort of thing comes up I'm mostly glad I live in a state with no sales tax. A small part of me still feels its a "civic duty" to pay various taxes in order to maintain a prosperous commons (something I've done proudly when under the misconception that most of my taxed money actually helped people). But as I've gotten older it's become apparent that the vast majority of the citizenry's tax money is wasted on bullshit like corporate subsidies & an international war machine, a somewhat smaller but not insignificant amount is frittered away on administrative waste/redundancy/boondoggles, while only a tiny percent is actually used for that so-called commons which has been allowed to erode and fall apart to the point it barely exists in large swaths of the country.
Yeah, I know all this is way beyond the scope of this thread and sales taxes are supposedly used for a variety of things depending on the state. But, until/unless we restore an election system with integrity (as opposed to the banana Republic "whomever cheats the best wins" system we've had for at least 25 yrs)... And we get money out of politics so we have politicians and policies that represent the people again...I'll count myself among those who are gradually becoming happier with each day to "starve the beast".
TL/DR: Fuck sales tax. (LOL)
