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by calvinmorrison 95 days ago
the great thing about sales tax is rich people spend a lot of money on dumb shit
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Not relative to their income tho. Sales taxes are regressive and get more money from the poor
They get less money from the poor but it's a higher percentage of that person's income. There is a difference.
The great thing about sales tax is that everyone can bypass it. You don't need to be the kind of person who can hire a tax expert to coach you; all you need to do is drive over the state line!
Not enough to make it preferable to income taxes.