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In reply to the discussion: Anyone Care to Wager How Long It Will Take? [View all]moniss
(6,479 posts)and a similar weird "blinders on" effect takes place for people who live in states that brag about not having an income tax and just relying on a high sales tax and property taxes. They say things like "I couldn't believe how much cheaper things were when we went to (XYZ state) and we saw a gallon of milk in the store was half the price we pay."
You try and explain to people how the ones with high incomes are the ones who push the idea of no income tax. Then you explain that instead of a funding system based on ability to pay it changes under a sales tax system to one with no consideration for ability to pay.
It gets lost on them almost immediately because usually what comes rolling out of them is "Well we believe it's fair for everybody to pay the same." Then one of the last things out of their mouths is how they don't know how I can stand to live in such an "unfair" state.
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