http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/04/19/give_everyone_a_raise/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:39:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/04/19/give_everyone_a_raise/comment-page-1/#comment-15149 markm Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:19:35 +0000 /?p=5356#comment-15149 Actually, sales tax is the perfect tax if you want more votes to shrink the government - because every time you buy something, you are reminded of the government bite. Excise taxes are hidden - you don't know how much of your gasoline or booze purchase went to the government unless you look it up. The income tax bite is listed somewhere in the fine print on your pay stubs, but half the people don't read that and probably think the IRS sends them money! Actually, sales tax is the perfect tax if you want more votes to shrink the government – because every time you buy something, you are reminded of the government bite. Excise taxes are hidden – you don’t know how much of your gasoline or booze purchase went to the government unless you look it up. The income tax bite is listed somewhere in the fine print on your pay stubs, but half the people don’t read that and probably think the IRS sends them money!

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